Classic

LA Phil Green Umbrella [2022]

The Devil's Instrument

In This Shirt ~ The Irrepressibles ( Tiktok Version )

Fur Elise

commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music & Artistic Director
premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with soloist Jay Campbell, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni
recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of the LA Phil

excerpt of first five minutes, of ~twelve 

note | Amaru refers to the world serpent in Andean cosmology - rainbow-colored, two-headed, and dwelling beneath the earth. Associated with the emergence of underground water sources and transitions between worlds, Amaru is also related to the dark constellation serpent Mach’acuay whose seasonal appearance coincides with the warm rain season in the Andes and the appearance of terrestrial snakes.

'Amaru' joins a group of recent works that engage Andean & Irish cosmologies, my ancestry. With the distinct opportunity to write for the end of a program and next to a previous work, 'Talamh (land)', I wanted to explore a somewhat risky process: that of detuning an orchestra of strings. As 'Talamh' explores the topographies of Ireland through focused soundscapes, I wanted 'Amaru' to explore the loosening and tightening of ensemble, strings, conductor, and soloist through rich harmonies, wild harmonic gestures, and emergent, cyclic forms.

Amaru [2022] | LA Phil

performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni
recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of the LA Phil

excerpt of first five minutes, of ~twelve

note | 'Talamh (land)' comes from old Irish and is one of the three fundamental spaces of their cosmology: nem-talamh-muir : the sky, the earth, the sea. This work explores distinct and connected sonic landscapes, using structure and ensemble interactivity to foreground individual choices in pitch, registration, and timbre. It’s a way for me to connect to home and recall many of the rich and magical mountains, streams, and forests I walked through with my papa, Peter, in Ireland since very young.

Talamh (land) [2020] | LA Phil

CHOPIN - Ballad No. 1 in G minor - H. Alexander Engel

The Queen of the Night sings one of the most familiar and popular arias ever written for coloratura soprano in Act Two of Mozart’s “Magic Flute.” Furious that her daughter (plus boyfriend) have turned against her, this power-hungry monster does her best to manipulate the princess with fearsome words and music: “The vengeance of hell boils in my heart. Flames of death and despair burn around me! Unless you make Sarastro suffer the pangs of death, you are no longer my daughter. Be cast off forever! Be forsaken forever! Let all bonds of nature be shattered forever—unless you kill Sarastro. Hear, gods of vengeance: hear a mother's vow!” Greek-born soprano Christina Poulitsi makes her Seattle Opera debut in this role, with the Seattle Opera orchestra conducted by Julia Jones. Photo by Philip Newton.

CHRISTINA POULITSI as The Queen of the Night

Mozart's Requeim - Lacrimosa done with FluffyAudio Dominus Choir demo.

Mozart's Requiem - Lacrimosa (Dominus Choir Demo)

As performed on "Piano Stories II: Tears and Sadness"

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♫ Music composed and produced by Frederic Bernard (aka PianoPassion), © 2015  ♫

Peculiar World

Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune [ violin ]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor - Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E Major

Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op. 56 - "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo - allegro maestoso assai

Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (Full) - The Four Seasons

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inti figgis-vizueta (b.1993) is a composer and educator who works to reconcile historical aesthetics and experimental practices with trans & Indigenous futures. Described as a “rising new music star” (LA Times), with “smooth and serrated melodies” (New York Times) and an “intriguing…highly integrated sound” (Gramophone), “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, Kennedy Center’s Sounds of US Festival, International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Wild Up, Roomful of Teeth, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, Kronos Quartet, Attacca Quartet, JACK Quartet, Music from Copland House, Crash Ensemble, violinist Jennifer Koh, and cellists Andrew Yee and Jay Campbell, 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 VR for the Venice Film Festival, mad scramble for crumbs 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, Café Royal Foundation Music Grant and residency fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks, Civitella Ranieri, Juilliard Summer Percussion, and Music at Copland House.

inti has held faculty positions with Luna Composition Lab (21-24’), Wildflower Composers (20-22’), Fresh Inc Festival (22’), and Atlanticx Composition (21’). She regularly lectures on her music with recent visits to Harvard University, The Juilliard School, Peabody Conservatory, and CalArts, among many others. inti has curated programs for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella series, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Current Series, Wild Up’s Darkness Sounding, and American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival. She is the 2024 Robert M. Trotter Lecturer for the College Music Society 67th National Conference. 
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inti studied with Marcos Balter, Felipe Lara, Donnacha Dennehy, and George Lewis. Her mentors include ﻿Tania León﻿, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, Derek Bermel, and Andrew Norman, among many others. inti honors her Quichua bisabuela who was the only woman butcher on the plaza central and used to fight men with a machete.