Composer inti figgis-vizueta writes “magically real musics through the lens of personal identities, braiding a childhood of overlapping immigrant communities and Black-founded Freedom schools—in Chocolate City (DC)—with direct Andean & Irish heritage and a deep connection to the land.”
Stephen Rawson talks with her about music, poetry, magical realism and more.
MUSIC
Openwork/Knotted Object/Trellis in Bloom/Lightning Ache
– performed by the National Sawdust Ensemble
To give you form and breath
– performed by the Mizzou University Percussion Studio
The motion between three worlds
– commissioned by The Primavera Project for cellist Matt Haimovitz in response to Charline von Heyl’s Primavera 2020
Tea en mi casa
– performed by PUBLIQuartet
music for shapeshifters
– performed by earspace ensemble