In this easy-going conversation, Ana SOKOLOVIC and I discussed her early years in Montréal, the influence of Serbian music on her own work, and the opera she is writing for the Canadian Opera Company, based on the story of Christina (1626-1689), the unconventional Queen of Sweden. Included in this interview are excerpts from “Portrait Parle,” “Ambient V,” “Dances & Interludes,” “Chiaconna,” “Commedia dell’Arte,” “Sirenes,” and “Svadba (The Wedding).”

This interview was made possible through a successful crowd-sourcing campaign. Thank you to: The Canadian League of Composers,Karen Houle, The Association of Canadian Women Composers, Elizabeth Skillings, Karen Hasselfelt, Neal Bennett, Joan Shaben, Ulrike Narwani, Roger D. Moore, James Harley, Karen Conradi, Bob Pritchard, Roger Admiral, Golnaz Azimi, Justin Christensen, Carol Ann Weaver, Yannis Kyriakides, Mark McGregor, Dave Martin, Gordon Fitzell, Cathy Fern Lewis, Grace McNab, Keiko Yamanaka, Paris Simons, John Mark Sherlock, Jennifer Butler, Emily Doolittle, Luciane Cardassi, Anna Pidgorna, Rose Bolton, Christopher Willes, Leslie Ting, Rick Waines, Carolyn Bremer, Allison Balcetis, Jane Isakson and several others who wish to remain anonymous.