Born in Moscow, USSR, composer, sound artist, and
pianist Inga Chinilina currently resides in
Providence, Rhode Island. Her works have been performed by the
Lydian String Quartet, Loadbang Ensemble, Splice Ensemble, Russia
State Academic Russian Folk Ensemble, Moscow Contemporary
Music (MCME) Ensemble, String Noise Violin Duo, Sound Icon
Ensemble, and Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra. Recent
projects include a Helder recorder trio for the Zeitströme
Festival of New Music at Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt and
an interactive sound installation at Bernstein Festival of the
Arts. Inga is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition and
Multimedia at Brown University. Additionally, she holds a BM
in Composition and Performance from Berklee College of Music and
an MFA in Theory and Composition from Brandeis University. Among
her interests are Gregorian chant and church organ improvisation.
Eight composers from as close as Davis and as far away as Ankara,
Turkey have been invited to participate in the Taproot New Music Festival at UC Davis from Jan.
30 to Feb. 2. These composers will have their works
premiered by Quince Ensemble, Spektral Quartet, and the UC
Davis Empyrean Ensemble.
Empyrean Ensemble Mika Pelo, director
UC Davis Professor of Music
Honoring Larry Austin—
Austin:Threnos for Bass Clarinet
and Electronics (Peter Josheff, bass clarinet)
Austin:Redux for Violin and
Electronics (Hrabba Atladottir, violin)
Larry Austin was a faculty member in the music department at UC
Davis between 1958–72 during some formative years for the
department. Austin was an award-winning composer who
founded SOURCE: Music of the Avant Garde and
gained widespread recognition through a televised performance and
recording of his Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz
Soloists by the New York Philharmonic conducted by
Leonard Bernstein. Austin was also very well connected and
was friends with some of the most important composers in those
days. For example, he invited Karlheinz Stockhausen to teach
at Davis while on sabbatical. Larry Austin was a very original
composer, avoiding the current trends of his day, writing truly
unique music. Austin taught for many years at the University of
Northern Texas and passed away in 2018.
Preview of Taproot New Music Festival Participating
Composers—
Inga
Chinilina:Sky Everyday for Bass
Clarinet (Peter Josheff)
Yuting
Tan:Moon On Water for Violin
(Hrabba Atladottir)
Two young composers have been invited to write pieces for the
Empyrean Ensemble for the Taproot New Music Festival in 2020:
Inga Chinilina and Yuting Tan. At this concert we will hear two
older (already written) pieces by these talented composers.
Empyrean’s Peter Josheff—
Peter Josheff:September for
Violin (Hrabba Atladottir)
Last, but not least, we’ll hear a piece by our very own Peter
Josheff, a founding member of the Empyrean Ensemble and an
accomplished composer.
Empyrean Ensemble will premiere two new works
by Taproot Festival Participating Composers
Inga Chinilina and Yuting Tan, and both
Quince and Spektral Quartet
will perform a work to be announced.
Empyrean Ensemble Mika Pelo, director
UC Davis Professor of Music
