Project Description
Across the album, classical precision, Macedonian rhythmic traditions and contemporary jazz language combine into a single, cohesive statement built around themes of identity, change and motion.
As a composer, Risteski works from ideas rather than formulas, often starting with a rhythm, a melodic fragment or a harmonic shape and allowing it to develop over time. His writing draws on his classical background, Macedonian odd meters and personal memory, and the nine compositions that make up Waters Dance trace a search for connection between musical tradition and lived experience.