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Felipe Lara Corde Vocale by Mivos Quartet

Biografie van de kunstenaar Mivos Quartet

The Mivos Quartet “one Of America’s Most Daring And Ferocious New-Music Ensembles” The Chicago Reader Is Devoted To Performing The Works Of Contemporary Composers And Presenting New Music To Diverse Audiences. Since The Quartet's Beginnings In 2008 They Have Performed And Closely Collaborated With An Ever-Expanding Group Of International Composers Who Represent Multiple Aesthetics Of Contemporary Classical Composition. They Have Appeared On Prestigious Series Such As The New York Phil Biennial Wien Modern Austria The Darmstadt Internationalen Ferienkurse Für Neue Musik Germany Asphalt Festival Düsseldorf Germany HellHOT! New Music Festival Hong Kong Shanghai New Music Week Shanghai China Edgefest Ann Arbor MI Música De Agora Na Bahia Brazil Aldeburgh Music UK And Lo Spririto Della Musica Di Venezia La Fenice Theater Italy . Mivos Is Invested In Commissioning And Premiering New Music For String Quartet Particularly In A Context Of Close Collaboration With Composers Over Extended Time-Periods. Commissioning And Premiering New Music For String Quartet Is Essential To The Quartet's Mission Recently Mivos Has Collaborated On New Works With Sam Pluta Lucerne Festival Commission Dan Blake Jerome Commission Mark Barden Wien Modern Festival Commission Richard Carrick Fromm Commission George Lewis ECLAT Festival Commission Eric Wubbels CMA Commission Kate Soper Scott Wollschleger Patrick Higgins ZS And Poet/musician Saul Williams.

In Addition To Their International Performing Activities Mivos Is Active In Education And Has Conducted Workshops At CUNY Graduate Center Brooklyn College Conservatory Of Music Royal Northern College Of Music UK Shanghai Conservatory China University Malaya Malaysia Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Singapore The Hong Kong Art Center And MIAM University In Istanbul Turkey . The Quartet Also Runs The Annual Mivos/Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize Established To Support The Work Of Emerging And Mid-Career Composers And To Encourage Continued Interest In New Compositions For String Quartet. The Winning Composer Selected From Over One Hundred And Fifty Applicants Receives A Performance Of Their Work In New York City On The Mivos Quartet Concert Season And A Cash Prize. In 2013 Mivos Initiated A Second Competition For Composers Of Chinese Descent Called The I-Creation Prize. This Past Spring Mivos Released Their Second Ensemble Album Entitled “Garden Of Diverging Paths”

Beyond Expanding The String Quartet Repertoire Mivos Is Also Committed To Working With Guest Artists Exploring Multi-Media Projects Involving Live Video And Electronics Creating Original Compositions And Arrangements For The Quartet And Performing Improvised Music. This Has Led To Collaborations With Artists Such As Dan Blake Ned Rothenberg Chris Speed Timucin Sahin Saul Williams And Nate Wooley.
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The Members Of Mivos Are Violinists Olivia De Prato And Lauren Cauley Violist Victor Lowrie And Cellist Mariel Roberts Each Of Whom Are Recognized Individually As Extraordinary Voices In Contemporary Music And Perform Frequently With Leading New Music Ensembles Including Ensemble Signal Victoire And Wet Ink

THUIS MIVOS QUARTET
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