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"Nouveau: new music for violin" (2/5/21 at 7:30pm MST/9:30pm EST) is an at-home, DIY, highly imperfect production by composer, conductor, violinist, Curtis student, and interdisciplinary performer Maya Miro Johnson, dedicated to the belief that promoting contemporary work as a household value is the salvation of arts organizations everywhere in this time of crisis.
Nouveau is a full-length evening of music spanning from 1932 to 2020, including interviews with the composers and also featuring pianist Daniel Tselyakov. Thanks to Devin Maxwell and Nicole Coleman for their assistance with recording.
The concert is absolutely free, but if the spirit moves you, donations are encouraged and all proceeds will be donated to New Music USA
Stay tuned for more new music made and curated by Maya in early 2021!
PROGRAM
MISSY MAZZOLI - Vespers (2014)
DEVIN MAXWELL - PH12 (world premiere, 2020)
SARRAH BUSHARA - J'accuse…! (2018, rev. for four treble-clef instruments 2020)
~ [PRONOUNCED TWO]~ - Catechism (2020)
MAYA MIRO JOHNSON - The Negation of Art (world premiere, 2020)
Daniel Tselyakov, piano
OLIVIER MESSIAEN - Theme and Variations (1932)
Daniel Tselyakov, piano
TANIA LÉON - Axon (2002)
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER - Study III for Treatise on the Veil (2007)
Announcing 2021 Visionary Awards Recipient
2021 First Commission
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Paloma Alonso
"2020"
Darian Donovan Thomas, violin
Shayna Dunkelman, percussion
Angélica Negrón, mentor
Paloma Alonso is a New York City native. She is 13 years old and attends the Léman Manhattan Preparatory School. Her parents, both classical concert pianists, were her first piano teachers. Alonso cites her Cuban father and Albanian mother as major inspirations for introducing her to music of all styles and genres. She began studying cello six years ago with Juilliard-trained teacher Yves Dharamraj and also pursues her passion for dance at the school of New York Theatre Ballet where she has trained rigorously since the age of four. Alonso joined the New York Philharmonic Young Composers Program in 2017. She commented that "This wonderful program opened a whole new world of expression to me. Composing is another tool that allows me to be expressive in a beautiful and artistic way". In December 2019, on a Young People's Concert, the Philharmonic performed Alonso's Sweating Bullets under the baton of its Music Director Jaap van Zweeden. The orchestral work was scheduled to be performed by the Philharmonic again in April of 2020 but, was unfortunately cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.