[SOLD OUT] Phillips Collection: Claire Chase & Friends play music by Dai Fujikura
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- Claire Chase, flute
Please note: Due to demand, all concerts for the Phillips Music 2024-25 Season are now sold out.
The 2024-25 Leading International Composers concert focuses on the work of Dai Fujikura. Born in 1977 in Osaka, Japan, Fujikura moved to the UK when he was 15. He has been commissioned by leading organizations such as the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, BBC Proms, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, Fujikura's Shamisen Concerto was premiered at the Mostly Mozart Festival and he was one of two people asked to write a piece for composer Pierre Boulez's 80th birthday celebrations. His Fourth Piano Concerto, "Akiko's Piano," which premiered in 2020, was dedicated to and performed by Hiroshima Symphony's Peace and Music Ambassador Martha Argerich.
Curating this composer-profile is flutist, interdisciplinary artist, and educator Claire Chase. A trailblazer for the modern flutist, Chase was the first flutist to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship as well as the first flutist to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize. She is also a Professor of the Practice at Harvard University and was the 2022-23 Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall. Chase has performed as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony, where she is a Collaborative Partner with Esa-Pekka Salonen. Passionate about creating a wider repertoire for the flute, Chase launched the 24-year commissioning project Density 2036, now in its eleventh year. In 2015, Fujikura contributed to the project Lila for solo flute, bass flute, and contrabass flute.