International Contemporary Ensemble: Miya Masaoka Composer Portrait
$20-$35 ($17-$30 senior, $15-$26 non-CU student/ages 24 & under/CU faculty/staff, $10 CU student)
- Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
- Emmalie Tello, flute
- Nicolee Kuester, French horn
- Erika Dohi, piano
- Nathan Davis, percussion
- Josh Modney, violin
- Gabriela Díaz, violin
- Kyle Armbrust, viola
- Michael Nicolas, cello
- Randall Zigler, double bass
- Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
Miya Masaoka — The Horizon Leans Forward (for string quartet)
Miya Masaoka — Into the Landscape of the Shaking Inner Chôra (for flute, clarinet, french horn, piano, string quintet, percussion, & electronics; world premiere)
Miya Masaoka — Mapping a Joyful Path (for violin solo & electronics)
The United States Artist, Guggenheim and Rome Prize-winning composer, performer, and installation artist Miya Masaoka creates and shares new sounds, sometimes from her own recording inside an object, a plant, or the human body. This Portrait showcases her exploration of the natural world and the bodily perception of vibration, movement, and time, with a world-premiere commission for International Contemporary Ensemble, alongside three recent works that illuminate her consistently innovative artistic practice.
About International Contemporary Ensemble
With a commitment to cultivating a more curious and engaged society through music, the International Contemporary Ensemble – as a commissioner and performer at the highest level – amplifies creators whose work propels and challenges how music is made and experienced.
https://www.iceorg.org/About Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
About Emmalie Tello, flute
About Nicolee Kuester, French horn
About Erika Dohi, piano
About Nathan Davis, percussion
About Josh Modney, violin
Josh Modney—AKA Modney—is a violinist and creative musician working at the nexus of composition, improvisation, and interpretation. A "new-music luminary" (The New York Times) hailed for "jaw-dropping technical skill…" and as "one of today's most intrepid experimentalists" (Bandcamp Daily), Modney is a foremost interpreter of adventurous contemporary music, and has cultivated a holistic artistic practice as a composer, solo improviser, bandleader, music director, writer, arts administrator, and collaborator.
https://joshmodney.com/About Gabriela Díaz, violin
About Kyle Armbrust, viola
About Michael Nicolas, cello
A "long-admired figure on the New York scene," (The New Yorker), cellist Michael Nicolas enjoys a diverse career as chamber musician, soloist, recording artist, and improvisor. He is the cellist of the intrepid and genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which has drawn praise from classical, world music, and rock critics alike. As a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), he has worked with countless composers from around the world, premiering and recording dozens of new works. Another group, Third Sound, which Michael helped found, made its debut with an historic residency at the 2015 Havana Contemporary Music Festival in Cuba. Earlier in his career, he played with the wildly popular South Korean chamber group Ensemble Ditto, and also held a post as Associate Principal Cellist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. His solo album, Transitions, is available on the Sono Luminus record label.
Of mixed French-Canadian and Taiwanese heritage, Michael was born in Canada, and currently resides in New York City. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
http://michaelnicolascellist.com/About Randall Zigler, double bass
https://bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/directory/randall-zigler
About Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
Described as a conductor of "great intensity, without distancing, maneuvering, without indifference" (neuemuzikzeitung), Zimbabwean-born conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni (b. 1988) is widely sought-after for his depth of approach and his interpretive imagination and expressivity. He has led many critically lauded performances with orchestras across the globe in Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uzbekistan.
A former Fulbright Fellow (2013-14), Kaziboni holds degrees from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK) in Germany.
http://www.vimbayikaziboni.com/