À l’Origine du Don

À l'Origine du Don is a project by Russian-Armenian artist Aleksandra Zemlianskaia. She draws on Slavic folklore to explore timeless themes: love, separation, departure and toska - the untranslatable Russian word for hopeless sadness with no apparent reason. Her music transcends the boundaries of language, time and space, revealing her secrets to those who know how to hear them. The project is inspired by Balkan music and modal jazz, creating a universe that is at once raw, poetic and phantasmagorical.