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Archive: November 2020 (3 Posts)

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Virtual Artist-in-Residence, Violinist Jennifer Koh

Posted by: Claudia Morales

The following is a guest post by virtual artist-in-residence, violinist Jennifer Koh. I am honored to be a virtual artist-in-residence at the Library of Congress. For the program that was streamed on November 19, 2020, I included works that engage with the question of who we are during this time of COVID. Beethoven Sonata No. …

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Igor Santos’confined. speak. –McKim Commission, world premiere

Posted by: Claudia Morales

The following is a guest post by composer Igor Santos. confined. speak. is a 15-minute work for violin and piano commissioned by the McKim Fund in the Library of Congress. It was written for Ensemble Dal Niente members MingHuan Xu and Winston Choi and was recorded in Chicago on October 27, 2020, for a virtual …