inti figgis

Recorded by the New York Youth Symphony on May 2, 2021.
Amelia Krinke, conductor
Score: https://issuu.com/emilysingletonmusic/docs/things_that_drift_edited_score

Website: https://emsingleton.com/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCB9EnsWxfGUnL3Tj9Wn8feA

things that drift

inti figgis-vizueta: Love Reacts Only 2

Live recording 
PULSE#1  @Galerie Rabus

inti figgis-vizueta: Love Reacts Only 2

inter-spatia (2020/22)
Catherine Lamb

performed on March 18th, 2022 at Nykirken, Bergen, Borealis Festival

Microtub (Robin Hayward, Martin Taxt, and Peder Simonsen), Rage Thormbones (Mattie Barbier and Weston Olencki), with MO Abbott and Henrik Nørstebø

tuba trio + trombone quartet

recorded by Weston Olencki

inter-spatia (with Microtub and Rage Thormbones)

section X from Divisio Spiralis (2019)

JACK Quartet

February 25th-26th, 2021, Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York
Mastering engineer: Ryan Streber
Editing/Mixing: Christopher Botta and Christopher Otto

Catherine Lamb

Divisio Spiralis X (2019)

You can learn to play this piece. FREE scores and parts, among other materials, are available online: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Composed by inti figgis-vizueta
© 2021 Kronos Arts Publishing
℗ 2021 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

Produced by Kronos Quartet and Reshena Liao
Recorded December 2021 at 25th Street Recording, Oakland, CA
Engineered by Zach Miley
Assistant engineer: Gabriel Shepard
Mixed by Zach Miley and David Harrington, May 2022

inti figgis-vizueta - branching patterns

performed by Schallfeld Ensemble at the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik on October 8th, 2022 in Bludenz, Austria

Flute - Elisa Azzarà
Bb / Bass Clarinet – Szilárd Benes
Soprano/Baritone Saxophone – Matej Bunderla
Accordion – Mirko Jevtović
Piano – Patrick Skrilecz
Percussion – Manuel Alcaraz Clemente
Violin – Lorenzo Derinni
Viola – Francesca Piccioni
Cello – Myriam García Fidalgo
Double Bass – Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka
Conductor – Leonhard Garms
Sound engineer - Davide Gagliardi

recorded by Chris Swithinbank
mixed by Isaac Roth Blumfield

commissioned by the Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation􏰙􏰗 􏰎􏰓􏰍 􏰏􏰈􏰝􏰕􏰍􏰌􏰣􏰍􏰋 􏰤􏰊􏰠􏰍 􏰣􏰍􏰅􏰎􏰠􏰍􏰘􏰥􏰦􏰍􏰋 􏰧􏰝􏰖􏰅􏰨 􏰢􏰅􏰎􏰓 􏰎􏰓􏰍 􏰖􏰝􏰑􏰑􏰇􏰋􏰎 􏰇􏰡 􏰎􏰓􏰍 􏰩􏰋􏰌􏰖􏰎 􏰞􏰇􏰌 􏰐􏰅􏰍􏰘􏰍􏰌􏰖 􏰧􏰝􏰖􏰅􏰆 􏰪􏰇􏰝􏰌􏰕􏰊􏰎􏰅􏰇􏰌 􏰢􏰋􏰅􏰎􏰎􏰍􏰌 􏰡􏰇􏰋 􏰐􏰆􏰓􏰊􏰈􏰈􏰡􏰍􏰈􏰕 􏰩􏰌􏰖􏰍􏰘􏰙􏰈􏰎􏰓􏰍 􏰏􏰈􏰝􏰕􏰍􏰌􏰣􏰍􏰋 􏰤􏰊􏰠􏰍 􏰣􏰍􏰅􏰎􏰠􏰍􏰘􏰥􏰦􏰍􏰋 􏰧􏰝􏰖􏰅􏰨 􏰢􏰅􏰎􏰓 􏰎􏰓􏰍 􏰖􏰝􏰑􏰑􏰇􏰋􏰎 􏰇􏰡 􏰎􏰓􏰍 􏰩􏰋􏰌􏰖􏰎 􏰞􏰇􏰌 􏰐􏰅􏰍􏰘􏰍􏰌􏰖 􏰧􏰝􏰖􏰅􏰆 􏰪􏰇􏰝􏰌􏰕􏰊􏰎􏰅􏰇􏰌 􏰢􏰋􏰅􏰎􏰎􏰍􏰌 􏰡􏰇􏰋 􏰐􏰆􏰓􏰊􏰈􏰈􏰡􏰍􏰈􏰕 􏰩􏰌􏰖􏰍􏰘􏰙􏰈􏰍
Program note:

“End of summer, light between your eyes” deals with memory: not as something which flows easily and envelops you like a dream, but as a series of sensations, zoomed in, never able to regain the momentum or consistency of experience. 

Only the essence of the feeling, the strange details that remain after years, more present than the significant moments which always seem to disappear and reappear without reason, without a thread to hold them together. 

It deals with memory as distraction, as the inability to stay present in a moment, as a kind of zig-zag through realities both present and obscure; as something which binds together and something which is irredeemably isolating, which constantly presses on the ability to share anything at all.

End of summer, light between your eyes  |  for ensemble (2022)

inti figgis-vizueta creates music that carefully balances experimentation and practicality. She likens her compositions to plants which have the ability to grow and change when different people performing them. And in the last few years her music has been championed by an extremely wide range of musicians from Roomful of Teeth to Ensemble Dal Niente to the Kronos Quartet. Read a complete transcript of her conversation with Frank J. Oteri and learn more about her music on NewMusicBox: https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/inti-figgis-vizueta-the-ability-to-grow/

SoundLives23 - -inti figgis-vizueta: the ability to grow

Inti Figgis- Vizueta- Talamh
Performed by Evlana at the National Concert Hall, Dublin as part of New Music Dublin, April 2024.

NY-based composer inti figgis-vizueta (b. 1993) braids a childhood of overlapping immigrant communities and Black-founded Freedom schools—in Chocolate City (DC) —with direct Andean & Irish heritage and a deep connection to the land. Her work explores the transformative power of group improvisation and play, working to reconcile historical aesthetics and experimental practices with trans & Indigenous futures.
Recent highlights include the Carnegie Hall premiere of her string quartet concerto, Seven Sides of Fire, written for the Attacca Quartet and American Composers Orchestra; performances of Coradh (bending) by the Spoleto Festival, PODIUM Festival, and Oregon Symphony; and the REDCAT premiere of her evening-length show Music for Transitions, created in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning cellist Andrew Yee.

Upcoming projects include clay songs for Kronos Quartet’s 50th Anniversary, a new Carnegie Hall-commissioned work for Ensemble Connect, continued development of Earths to Come for vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, and a new piano concerto for Conrad Tao and the Cincinnati Symphony, conducted by Matthias Pintscher.
inticomposes.com

Director
Keith Pascoe
Violin
Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke
Hugh Murray
David O’Doherty
Keith Pascoe
Kenneth Rice
Cliodhna Ryan
Bogdan Sofei
Lara Sullivan
Viola
Andreea Banciu
Ed Creedon
Nathan Sherman
Cello
Carina Drury
Christopher Marwood
David McCann
Bass
Aura Stone

Inti Figgis- Vizueta- Talamh- Performed by Evlana Sinfonietta

premiered by the National Sawdust Ensemble @ National Sawdust on June 4th, 2019- as one of the winners of their 2019 Hildegard Competition.

Lidiya Yankovskaya, Conductor
Allison Loggins-Hull, flute
Oran Etkin, clarinet
Sugar Vendil, piano
Ian Rosenbaum, percussion
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

Charles Hagaman, NS Technician

Openwork, knotted object // Trellis in bloom // lightning ache [2019] | National Sawdust Ensemble

note| Primavera crown is an encounter between conflicting ethics of my work — the role of individual imagination and expressive possibility against the large canvas of chamber orchestra. The work brings into conversation aesthetic materials across different contemporary classical practices and places them within a liberatory framework, drawn from the socioeconomic realities of racialized spaces. Do these materials have the capacity to grow beyond their dominant origins?

The result opens a space for confrontation: on the one hand, its expressive sonic spaces and trajectories profoundly engage my imagination; on the other I struggle, from a philosophical perspective, with the mechanisms and aesthetics I’m invoking and their connotations. 

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premiered by Alarm Will Sound on July 27th, 2019 @ The Missouri Theatre during the Mizzou International Composer's Festival

flower by Ella Joklik

20190727B - 8 World Premieres

Primavera crown [2019] | Alarm Will Sound

for 3 percussionists - <2x woodblock, 3x flower pot, 2x non-resonating metal, 2x resonating metal, 3x glass bottle>/player

-this piece channels creation myths-

performed by the Mizzou Percussion Department @ Mizzou International Composer's Festival 2019 - Megan Arns, Hannah Hutchins, and Brianna Trainor

photo by Dale Lloyd

To give you form and breath [2019] | Mizzou Percussion

written for & premiered by Spektral Quartet at the Taproot New Music Festival @ UC Davis | 01.31.2020

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]| Spektral Quartet

'Form the Fabric' derives from NMAI archaeologist Ramiro Mato's phrase describing the cosmological understandings of the Incan & Andean peoples through description of the Inca Road as 'threads interwoven to form the fabric of the physical and spiritual world.

commissioned by Crash Ensemble and New Music Dublin with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland 2020

premiered by Crash Ensemble during New Music Dublin 2020 @ The National Concert Hall, Dublin Ireland

Form the Fabric [2020] | Crash Ensemble

lightBox
mvt I. Glisten, Listen

composed 2020 by Amelia Horney

vln 1: Elizabeth Wei
vln 2: Olena Kapersky 
cello: Quenton Blache
flute: Amelia Horney
 
Copyright © 2020 by Amelia Horney. All Rights Reserved.

Glisten, Listen (2020)

[piece title] [year written] | [performing ensemble]

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.

To give you form and breath [2019] | Mizzou Percussion

inti figgis-vizueta

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