Ana Topalovic



Nikola Djoric

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A thrilling duo - dynamic, dreamy, simply top!
— Gabriele Proy, composer
I was entranced.
I will not miss a concert of these two!
— otto schenk, director, actor
Their charisma enchants you from the first note and takes you into a world full of magic.
— olivera miljakovic, kammersängerin
They are the ideal interpreters of my works, bringing the music to life in a most brilliant way!
— johanna doderer, composer


Upcoming performances

Gläserner Saal Musikverein, Vienna 2017

Gläserner Saal Musikverein, Vienna 2017





Ana Topalovic


Nikola Djoric



Cello and accordion - a surprising combination of instruments. Strings and buttons seem to be made for each other, as if each had been yearning for the other. Without changing a single note of the original music scores, Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric bring to life virtuosic and feels personal visions of known classical and modern pieces. 

Duo ARCORD performed in Musikverein Vienna, Gasteig Munich, at Salzburger Festspiele, Austrian Broadcasting Company, as well as at numerous national and international festivals in Germany, Italy, England, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and China amongst others. 

Their debut CD “Inspired by Songs & Dances” was received with great critical acclaim: Radio Klassik (“CD of the day”), Wiener Zeitung, Kurier, Klassik Heute, Online Merker and was presented in Konzerthaus Vienna. They performed pieces by Beethoven, Purcell, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Bartok, evoking new sound dimensions with their unusual combination of instruments. In 2018 they were featured on a new CD portraying the composer Johanna Doderer released by Capriccio label.


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"...both performers, or rather their instruments blend together and complement each other in a most excellent way, they meet in an intimate embrace. Wonderful!"

- klassik heute


With their unique formation, Duo ARCORD is a welcome guest in diverse concert cycles ranging from early music to new formats. More than a dosen newly composed works have been dedicated to Duo ARCORD, by renowned composers like Johanna Doderer and Gabriele Proy.

In addition to their own solo performances Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric also play side by side in Duo ARCORD as soloists. Double concertos for cello, accordion and orchestra were written by composers such as Gabriele Proy and Armin Sanayei and will be performed during the next concert season.

New sound worlds - subtle to wild
— Isabel Herzfeld

Further highlights of the current and upcoming seasons are concert with orchestra in Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein, concerts through Austria promoted by “Jeunesse Austria”, as well as tours through Germany, Russia and China.

(Saison 2019/20)


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A program that could hardly be more adventurous and inspiring, that is characterized with fascinating versatile sound exploration - in short, a program that puts the listener completely under spell because of a truly infatuating interplay of Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric and their respective sonority.
— Klassik Heute

Inspired by songs and dances is full of the musical sophistication and playfulness which comes from two instrumentalists keen to experiment. Their opposing instruments lend a new tonal quality and emotional range to well-known pieces. The cello, whose sound most resembles the human voice, brings a new dimension to the interpretation of the arias. While Nikola Djoric brings hefty pieces such as Beethoven’s 7 Variations to life, his concert accordion playing the piano’s role. The dances and songs on the album are not just inspiration for the two artists. Instead they are given a sound revival by Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric – refreshing and self-assured. 




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Klassik Heute

Christof Jetzschke, 24. 4. 2016

"All Tango? A duo consisting of accordion and cello and the sensual image composition on the CD cover may suggest it. But the first impression could be deceptive. Or maybe not?

The cellist Ana Topalovic and accordionist Nikola Djoric bring together in their new CD "ARCORD: Inspired by Songs and Dances" their own transcriptions of arias and dance-related works from Baroque to Contemporary music. A program that could hardly be more adventurous and inspiring, that is characterized with fascinating versatile sound exploration - in short, a program that puts the listener completely under spell because of a truly infatuating interplay of Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric and their respective sonority. Absolutely style-authentic and yet so unforced, the two move through music history. Wether Purcell, Beethoven, Dvorak, Bartok or Piazzolla (whose Grand Tango is also the only pice of its kind in this production) - Topalovic and Djoric seem to eagerly absorb all in order to put it in a new sound and emotional context. Already at the beginning, with Beethoven's "In men who feel love", the cellist and her partner on accordion show playfulness and expressiveness of captivating intensity, they savor not only the different moods of the individual variations but also sounds and combination possibilities of their instruments. Then Nikola Djoric performs very poetically the Gavotte from Bach's Suite no. 5 (BWV 816) as well as Ana Topalovic two movements from Bach's cello Suite no. 3 (BWV 1009). It is deeply moving how the two sing together from their hearts in the arias from Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" and

Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" thus making a dynamic creation of the highest quality. Similarly, in Bartok's Romanian Dances and Piazzolla's Grand Tango where the two artists ..... They master perfectly the interplay between sometimes ethereally graceful, sometimes percussively harsh music - one hears once more, how could it be any different, Piazzolla's Grand Tango. Which brings me to the beginning of my thoughts about this all around convincing publication.

All tango? Behind its many faces lie poetry, power, passion, dedication and control, to name a few. Not to mention the melancholy that hovers over everything, even over the serene parts like in Beethoven's variations. If one understands tango outside of its purely musical context, as a possibly most sensual form of intimate togetherness, so is the answer to the initial question a clear yes. Ana Topalovic's and Nikola Djoric's art unite equally harmony and tension; the both performers, or rather their instruments blend together and complement each other in a most excellent way, they meet in an intimate embrace. Wonderful!"



Peter Jarolin, 31. 1. 2016

"Cello and accordion – a strange combination at first glance, yet in reality a wonderful pairing. Above all because it is the superb cellist Ana Topalovic and the equally fantastic accordionist Nikola Djoric, two top-artists, who are making this musical journey together. Well worth a listen!"

Wiener Zeitung

Christoph Irrgeher, 2. 3. 2016


"Duos can usually squeeze onto the smallest of stages. But stylistically these two musicians hardly fit within the same framework. The combination is a surprise: its not everyday one sees a cellist and an accordionist working together artistically. In addition, Ana Topalovic and Nikola Djoric, for lack of fitting repertoire, move freely and easily through centuries of music. Opera even gets a look in: an absolute highlight is the moving and delicate voice of the cello in Purcell’s ‘Dido’s Lament’ from Dido and Aeneas. Tchaikovsky’s ‘Lensky Aria’ from Eugene Onegin, held in a tight chamber music corset, is also a charming interpretation. The two Serbs deliver not only hearty elegance, but also sheer exhilaration: Bartok’s ‘Romanian Folk Dances’, or the ending of a Piazzolla Tango - to a certain extent the accordion’s natural habitat. The suppleness of the accordion, which tends to be more penetrative, is astounding. This, in combination with the velvety-smooth cantilenas of the cello, allows for a sound quality that one could name a tender metallic string quartet."


Wien Live 

Otto Brusatti, 2. 5. 2016

"Zugegeben, die Cross-over Bearbeitungen, vor allem diejenigen mit Classics, nehmen überhand. Ensembles spielen schräg (oder versuchen das), Solisten machen auf lustig, virtuosen verbessern damit ihr Salär und ihre Bekanntheit auf. Die beiden aktuellen Interpreten sind vor allem gern heftig. Frau Topalovic streicht das cello auch wie eine Orgel-Imitation. Herr Djoric geht weit über die sonstigen Künste mit dem Instrument hinaus. Aber man gibt reizende Beethoven-Variationen, coole Bach-Soli, bewegt sich gekonnt im Piazzolla-Tango oder interpretiert heftig den Wutmarsch von Johanna Doderer.

Die CD vermittelt mehr als vergleichbare Arrangements. Und das sattsam bekannte Dido-Lamento von Purcell oder rumänische Volkstänze im Bartók-Kleid kriegen so wieder frische Farben oder gar tiefen. In die Abgründe der Akustik steigt man so gern ein paar Stufen hinab."

Online Merker

Dr. Ingobert Walterberger, 18. 3. 2018

"...Hier scheinen beide Instrumente zärtlich verträumte Duette zu musizieren. Das eindringliche, mit kräftig sattem Klang klagende Cello trägt die Melodielinien, das Akkordeon umschmeichelt und bettet den sehnsuchtsvollen Gesang in feine wie Gaze wehende harmonische Traumwelten...

...Die CD besticht durch ein nobel aufeinander abgestimmtes, durchaus experimentelles Mischen von klanglichen Möglichkeiten der beiden Instrumente. Alle Stücke werden mit großem Stilbewusstsein fabuliert und tragen eine jeweils maßgreschneidert kalligraphierte  „Handschrift“. Mein persönlicher Favorit  ist Astor Piazzollas „Le Grand tango“, eine berückend sinnliche Version, die sich in die allerbesten Interpretationen dieses magischen Stücks südamerikanischer Provenienz reiht. Bitte mehr davon!"



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