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, Inga 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 UC
Davis Empyrean Ensemble.
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
