»Impossible Sketches« was inspired by [Vincent] van Gogh’s painting »Starry Night«. The main idea of the piece can be viewed as a metaphor for any time the world suddenly appears unfamiliar, almost as if things were turned upside down – similar to looking out from inside the mirror to find a world both recognizable and yet turned inside out. Due to today’s global political and economic situation in the world, I feel that it’s very important for us, as living composers, to show our lives lack true freedom without any wars or censorship, through contemporary music. Perhaps we ourselves live ›turned upside down‹ in the world ›when things are not as they should‹ and the ›right world‹ is on the other side of the mirrors?

Hana Ajiashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She received a Master’s degree in Piano and Composition from the Sergiashvili Academy of Music and continued her studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 2001, she began working as a composer and director at the Or Yehuda Conservatory in Israel. She received her doctorate from Bar-Ilan University in Israel in 2007. Her awards include prizes from Poland, Belgium and China for her music for the film »Miracle«, as well as a recent commission from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Her works have been performed at numerous festivals, including Moscow Autumn and Alternativa in Prague, as well as at venues in Germany.

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