The concert explores the possibilities of the combination of string instruments and digital elaboration of sounds; from simple amplification, that allows otherwise imperceptible sounds to surface, to extensive interaction of the electronic medium, that create a dialogue with the solo instrument, altering the very timbral perception of the acoustic sounds.

The collaboration between violin/viola d’amore performer Marco Fusi and composer/sound engineer Louis Goldford delivers a kaleidoscopic exploration of the interplay between strings and microphones.

Program

Jessie Marino
Remappings II (world première)
For solo performer

Louis Goldford
Travertine Hybrid #3
For violin and live electronics

Julie Zhu

Forest (French première)
For solo viola d’amore

Christopher Trapani
Tesseræ

For viola d’amore and live electronics

Brief intermission

Andrew Greenwald
A Thing is a Hole in a Thing it is Not (viii) for amplified violin

Zeno Baldi
Spikes
For viola d’amore, tape and freeze pedal

Louis Goldford
New work
For violin and electronics

Cosponsors

Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music; Columbia Global Centers | Paris; Department of Music, Columbia University; Columbia University Club of France; and Columbia Undergraduate Programs in Paris