Double Sens

The ensemble “Double Sens” was founded in 2008 when violinist Nemanja Radulović brought together some of his favorite musicians from France and Serbia to perform together as a chamber orchestra. This unique formation is united by friendship and family as well as the desire to share music and has been performing on stages around the world for a long time.

Radulović says: "My music, my friends? My France, my Serbia? My life in the past and now? The idea to found the ensemble Double Sens came up thanks to these questions! I wanted to gather my Serbian and French musician friends and didn't have to think about it for long, because I knew each musician personally and was sure that every member with its different personality would fit well with the others to form this ensemble, where the most important thing is the happiness of sharing the music and the stage with each other. When we first performed, we all felt the desire to continue making music together and to meet again as soon as possible. It's been many years since we played together regularly, and we all can still feel that way. Can't wait until we're all together next time!".

Radulović and Double Sens have recorded seven albums together: The “5 Seasons” (Decca, 2011), “Journey East” (Deutsche Grammophon, 2015), Bach (Deutsche Grammophon 2016) and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations in an Original Arrangement for Viola (released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2017), Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade (Baika, 2018), world music on Radulović's album Roots (Warner Classics 2022). This album was also released as a visual album entitled Unique, which takes the ensemble to Carnac and includes further pieces by Bach, Vivaldi and some traditional and world music pieces. This release was seen in cinemas throughout France. In 2023 the album “Beethoven” was released by Warner Classics, for which Radulović was awarded the Opus Klassik, and again for the album “Bach” released by Warner Classics in 2024.

The ensemble performs worldwide, with current and upcoming highlights in the Philharmonie de Paris, the Opera City Hall in Tokyo, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Munich Prinzregententheater and the Liederhalle Stuttgart.