October 21, 2021
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER & MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY’S JOHN J. CALI SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Merkin Concert Hall /
New York, New York
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branching patterns (2021)
inti figgis-vizueta
(b. 1993)
Composed for
50 For The Future:
The Kronos Learning
Repertoire
Artist Statement
“This past year has me focusing on sounds changing around me. Sitting long hours by windows and the fire escape brings through the patterns of the wind on leaves and the birds in their song cycles. Moments break through of spontaneous order, where the cicadas sing in waves and lines or all the layers of devices beeping and trucks wailing align into counterpoint. ‘branching patterns’ is a piece focusing on those fleeting moments, giving materials and parameters as well as a great deal of freedom in how the music itself (patterns & motion) might manifest. In shared beginnings yet loose ends or soloistic moments over supporting, fluctuating cycles the goal is always to be searching for the emergence of fading structure.
This work and the players are living however, so perhaps you can hold tightly as forms appear and cultivate their growth among you.”
Composer Interview
inti figgis-vizueta, a composer for Kronos' Fifty for the Future, discusses her musical background, her composition process, the piece she wrote for Fifty for the Future, and more.
inti figgis-vizueta
USA
inti figgis-vizueta is a composer and educator who works to reconcile historical aesthetics and experimental practices with trans & Indigenous futures. Described as “dramatic” and “intense” (New York Times), a “rising new music star” (LA Times), and “wrought from a language we’d do well to learn” (Washington Post), inti has been commissioned and performed by leading artists including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, New World Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Reflektor, Aspen Music Festival, Ojai Music Festival, Spoleto Music Festival, International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Wild Up, Roomful of Teeth, Contemporaneous, Kronos Quartet, Attacca Quartet, JACK Quartet, Music from Copland House, violinist Jennifer Koh, cellists Andrew Yee and Jay Campbell, Ensemble Connect, and Crash Ensemble, among many others. inti’s work has been featured at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Walt Disney Hall Concert Hall, Symphony Center, REDCAT, National Concert Hall (IE), Southbank Centre (UK), Philharmonie de Paris (FR), Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (NL), and Konzerthaus Berlin (DE).
Upcoming projects include Earths to Come in 360° for the Venice Biennale, mad scramble for crumbs, a newly devised opera for Opera Saratoga, Metahaven’s film The Feeling Sonnets, and works for flutist Claire Chase, pianist James McVinnie, and cellist Andrew Yee with Roomful of Teeth. inti is the recipient of the Lotos Foundation Prize, ASCAP Foundation Fred Ho Award, National Sawdust Hildegard Award, and residency fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks, Civitella Ranieri, Juilliard Summer Percussion, and Music at Copland House.
inti's piece is like an invitation to her musical space. Nothing is right or wrong, it's just a way to explore, and every time we play her piece, we discover new colors and new ways of playing certain notes. It's really magical.
Kronos Quartet
October 21, 2021
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER & MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY’S JOHN J. CALI SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Merkin Concert Hall /
New York, New York
More Info