Vivarta is a polysemantic term from Hindu philosophy. In my work, I have tried to find sonic counterparts for several of its meanings: transfiguration, alteration, apparent change, the relation between One and Multiple, and the circular return. Vivarta for string quartet can be described as a continuous transformational process (flux) with alterations in expression and sonic substance, with frequent heterophonicmultiplications and influences from Romanian archaic music, structured on the circular model of the spiral.

Doina Rotaru