Zosha Di Castri: Tachitipo
Zosha Di Castri (electronics), Julia Den Boer (piano), Ekmeles, Talea Ensemble, JACK Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, Lorraine Vaillancourt
The typewriter is treated as part of the percussion section, a sensitive integration that means the additional timbre never feels tokenistic. There’s much to explore in the other give pieces,...
Zosha Di Castri: Tachitipo
Zosha Di Castri (electronics), Julia Den Boer (piano), Ekmeles, Talea Ensemble, JACK Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, Lorraine Vaillancourt
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The typewriter is treated as part of the percussion section, a sensitive integration that means the additional timbre never feels tokenistic. There’s much to explore in the other give pieces,...
About
Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri releases this stellar collection of music for various instrumentations, featuring the JACK Quartet, pianist Julia Den Boer, Yarn/Wire, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and the vocal ensemble Ekmeles. Her compositions are an expression of a searching artistry, mapping her explorations into the nature of experience onto musical parameters, including structural organization, timbral vocabulary, and text setting. Zosha Di Castri is a Canadian composer/pianist/sound artist living in New York. Her work, which has been performed internationally, extends beyond purely concert music including projects with electronics, installations, and collaborations with video and dance. She has worked with such ensembles as the BBC Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the L.A. Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the NEM, Ensemble Cairn, and the groups included on this album among others. Zosha is currently the Francis Goelet Assistant Professor of Music at Columbia University and was a fellow at the Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris during 2018–19, while working on this recording project.
Contents and tracklist
- Zosha Di Castri (electronics)
- Ekmeles
- Talea Ensemble
- Lorraine Vaillancourt
- International Contemporary Ensemble
- Lorraine Vaillancourt
Awards and reviews
March 2020
The typewriter is treated as part of the percussion section, a sensitive integration that means the additional timbre never feels tokenistic. There’s much to explore in the other give pieces, performed by a variety of musicians across multiple locations.