Programma
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Cocci di Tempo (estratto, 2023)
Maya Bennardo, violino
Xak Bjerken, pianoforte preparato
Jasmine Hearn, coreografia e performance
From the Life of Macarius (2023)
MIVOS quartet
Xak Bjerken, vocoder
Denva Gallant, voce narrante
Theophilus, Sergius, & Hyginus, testo
Untitled (2023)
Olivia de Prato, violino
Tyler J. Borden, violoncello
Xak Bjerken, pianoforte
Robyn Schiff, poesia
Piano Quartet, III. Precisamente (2014)
Maya Bennardo, violino
Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola
Tyler J. Borden, violonccello
Xak Bjerken, pianoforte
Biografia
Christopher Stark, la cui musica è stata definita “fetching and colorful” (“attraente e variopinta”) dal New York Times, ha ottenuto premi da: Guggenheim Foundation, Chamber Music America, Barlow Endowment e Fromm Foundation di Harvard. Definito “stella nascente” dal St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Le sue opere sono state eseguite da ensemble come la Filarmonica di Los Angeles, la St. Louis Symphony, la Toronto Symphony e la Detroit Symphony. Stark ha creato arrangiamenti orchestrali per i produttori Nineteen85 (produttore di “Hotline Bling” di Drake) e Luis Resto (produttore di “Lose Yourself” di Eminem) ed è Creative Partner della St. Louis Symphony, dove cura la serie di musica da camera contemporanea alla Pulitzer Foundation.
Stark è stato artista residente presso Civitella Ranieri, Copland House, AiR Bergen in Norvegia e Bogliasco Foundation (dove è stato Aaron Copland Fellow in Musica). La sua colonna sonora per il lungometraggio Novitiate, con Melissa Leo e Margaret Qualley, è stata presentata per la prima volta al Sundance nel 2017 e distribuita nelle sale cinematografiche da Sony Pictures Classics.
Program
Cocci di Tempo (excerpt, 2023)
Maya Bennardo, violin
Xak Bjerken, prepared piano
Jasmine Hearn, choreography and performance
From the Life of Macarius (2023)
Mivos String Quartet
Xak Bjerken, vocoder
Denva Gallant, narrator
Theophilus, Sergius, & Hyginus, text
Untitled (2023)
Olivia de Prato, violin
Tyler J. Borden, cello
Xak Bjerken, piano
Robyn Schiff, poetry
Piano Quartet, III. Precisamente (2014)
Maya Bennardo, violin
Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola
Tyler J. Borden, cello
Xak Bjerken, piano
Biography
Christopher Stark, whose music the New York Times has called, “fetching and colorful,” has been awarded prizes from the Guggenheim Foundation, Chamber Music America, Barlow Endowment, and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard. Named a “Rising Star” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his works have been performed by ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and Detroit Symphony. Stark has created orchestral arrangements for producers Nineteen85 (the producer of Drake’s “Hotline Bling”) and Luis Resto (the producer of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”) and is a Creative Partner of the St. Louis Symphony, where he curates their contemporary chamber music series at the Pulitzer Foundation.
Stark has held residencies at Civitella Ranieri, Copland House, AiR Bergen in Norway, and the Bogliasco Foundation where he was the Aaron Copland Fellow in Music. His film score for the feature-length film Novitiate starring Melissa Leo and Margaret Qualley premiered at Sundance in 2017 and was theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics.