Naturally, when composing new violin duos, there is no escaping the great and magnificent cycles by Béla Bartók and Luciano Berio. The resulting panopticon of 33 miniatures—despite consciously distinguishing itself from those predecessors—even occasionally draws upon material from their works, using such cell-like fragments to develop something new. Furthermore, one finds—often set against an ostinato background—adaptations of Baroque models alongside folk song arrangements, free-form passages alongside strictly constructed sections, and a variety of genre pieces. The arrangement of the 33 duets follows no progressive scheme. The two instrumental parts are largely of equal difficulty, allowing the players to frequently swap roles. The result is, in a sense, a single instrumental entity engaged in a dialogue with itself.