Long Piece Fest: Sciarrino’s Complete L’Opera per Flauto
$5-$15 suggested donation
Salvatore Sciarrino – L’Opera per Flauto (75 minutes) with Daria Binkowski, flute
New sounds for flute explore the liminal space in between sound and silence.
About the Long Piece Fest
Inverted Space, the University of Washington’s contemporary music ensemble, presents a “Long Piece Fest” at the Good Shepherd Center, as part of the contemporary and experimental music-focused Wayward Series. A set of three concerts spanning April, May and June, the “Long Piece Fest” features a single piece from the modern music repertoire that is...well, really long.
About the artist
Daria Binkowski is a versatile musician with performance activities spanning classical to modern and Asia to North America. She held principal flute positions with the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan and the National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra in Beijing, in addition to performing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony and St. Louis Symphony. She was a founding member of the Talea Ensemble in New York City and an active interpreter and teacher of contemporary music. She has appeared as a guest performer at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Beijing Modern Music Festival, the Audio Art Festival in Krakow and the Bang on a Can Marathon, among many others. She has given talks and masterclasses in contemporary flute at Harvard University, the University of Washington, Clark University and the China Conservatory, among others.