Artist-in-residence Cristina Valdés, piano, presents “Sourced,” performing Program Notes, by faculty composer Richard Karpen; Tombeau de Rameau, by faculty composer Joël-François Durand; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux, by Olivier Messiaen; and Shimmer, Tree/In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey, by Kotoka Suzuki.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Richard Karpen: Program Notes (World Premiere)
Joël-François Durand: Tombeau de Rameau
Olivier Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
Kotoka Suzuki: Shimmer, Tree/In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Artist Bio: Cristina Valdés, piano
Cristina Valdés joined the faculty of the UW School of Music in Fall 2014 as an artist-in-residence in the keyboard program.
Considered one of today’s foremost interpreters of contemporary music, Cristina Valdés is known for presenting innovative concerts with repertoire ranging from Bach to Xenakis. She has performed across four continents and in venues such as Lincoln Center, Le Poisson Rouge, Miller Theatre, Jordan Hall, and the Kennedy Center.
Ms. Valdés has appeared both as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals worldwide including New Music in Miami, the Foro Internacional de Musica Nueva in Mexico City, Brisbane Arts Festival, the Festival of Contemporary Music in El Salvador, Havana Contemporary Music Festival, and the Singapore Arts Festival.
An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Ms. Valdés has toured extensively with the Bang On a Can “All Stars”, and has performed with the Seattle Chamber Players, the Mabou Mines Theater Company, the Parsons Dance Company, and Antares. She has also been a featured performer on both the Seattle Symphony’s Chamber Series and [UNTITLED] concerts.
Cristina has appeared as concerto soloist with the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, the Binghamton Philharmonic, the Seattle Philharmonic, Philharmonia Northwest, the Eastman BroadBand, and the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, she performed the piano solo part of the Ives 4th Symphony with the Seattle Symphony.