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Maple & Spruce, Birch & Pine: Performance by Miolina

Maple & Spruce, Birch & Pine: Performance by Miolina
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Described as displaying “brilliance of sound, technical mastery, and stunning expressivity” (I Care If You Listen), the violin duo Miolina makes their Scandinavia House debut with a program of premieres. Musicians Mioi Takeda and Lynn Bechtold will perform new works written for Miolina by Swedish composer and sound artist Ann Rosén, Finnish composer Tomi Räisänen, and Lynn Bechtold, as well as other featured works by Norwegian composer Ketil Hvoslef and Swedish composers Cecilia Franke, Mauro Godoy Villalobos, and Katarina Leyman, in their first performances in the U.S.

Following the performance, composers Ann Rosén and Tomi Räisänen will join Miolina for a Q&A about their works, with a post-concert reception closing out the evening.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

Lynn Bechtold

A native of Pittsburgh, violinist/composer Lynn Bechtold has appeared in recital throughout the U.S., Argentina, Canada, France, Holland, Japan, and Switzerland. An advocate of contemporary music, she has worked with composers such as Carter Burwell, Gloria Coates, George Crumb, Beatriz Ferreyra, John Harbison, and Morton Subotnick, and has premiered works on the NWEAMO Festival, Princeton Composers’ Series, and the TriBeCa New Music Festival. In 2001, she gave the premiere of “Violynn,” a work for violin and electronics written for her by Alvin Lucier. Called “up-and-coming” by TimeOut and noted in All About Jazz for her “virtuosity and technical expertise,” she performs with Miolina, Zentripetal, Quartet Metadata, CompCord Ensemble, North/South Consonance, SEM Ensemble, Tenth Intervention, and the disco band Escort, and has been a member of groups that have included Bleecker StQ and the East Village Opera Company (rock/opera band). San Diego Story recently called her “unapologetically dominating.”

Mioi Takeda

Since she settled in NYC, Japanese violinist Mioi Takeda earned her reputation as a local soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and as a seasoned new music specialist. As Miolina’s artistic director, her mission is to encourage composers to write music for violin duo employing the natural beauty and sound of the instruments, without limitations. She also hopes to expand the violin-duo repertory for future generations. Mioi wants to help rediscover neglected violin-duo compositions by old masters, and to share the joy of current violin-duo music with her audiences. In addition, Ms. Takeda has performed with new music groups, including North/South Consonance as concertmaster, SEM Ensemble, and Composers Concordance, giving countless premieres. She has also performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra, Washington Square Festival, Scandia Symphony, Stamford Symphony, Strathmere Orchestra, The Japan Philharmonic, and The New Japan Philharmonic. Ms. Takeda’s performances can be heard on North/South and Naxos Recordings.

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