Violinist Marco Fusi concludes his residency at CMU with an evening of new compositions for viola d’amore, featuring works by Lisa Streich, Carlo Ciceri, Yu Kuwabara, Bára Gísladóttir, and Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh.

Program

Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh Breathless (2022) *World Premiere
Lisa Streich Falter (2020) *US Premiere
Carlo Ciceri IA (2008) *US Premiere
Yu Kuwabara Bai and Dharani (2020/21)
Bára Gísladóttir ORF (en líka axir og önnur pynintgatæki) t(2018) *US Premiere

Marco Fusi is a violinist/violist, and a passionate advocate for the music of our time. Among many collaborations with emerging and established composers, he has premiered works by Billone, Sciarrino, Eötvös, Cendo and Ferneyhough. Marco has performed with Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Alan Gilbert, Beat Furrer, David Robertson, and frequently plays with leading contemporary ensembles including Klangforum Wien, MusikFabrik, Meitar Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble Linea, Interface (Frankfurt), Phoenix (Basel) and Handwerk (Köln); Marco has recorded several solo albums, published by Kairos, Stradivarius, Col Legno, Da Vinci, Geiger Grammofon. Marco also plays viola d’amore, commissioning new pieces and collaborating with composers to promote and expand existing repertoire for the instrument. A strong advocate and educator of contemporary music, he lectures and workshops at Columbia University, University of California – Berkeley, Basel Musikhochschule, New York University, Boston University, Royal Danish Academy of Music – Copenhagen, Cité de la Musique et de la Danse – Strasbourg, University of Chicago. Marco teaches Contemporary Chamber Music at the Milano Conservatory “G. Verdi '' and is Researcher in Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.

Marco’s residency is sponsored by The Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry

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