Talea Ensemble
The Talea Ensemble has been labeled “…a crucial part of the New York cultural ecosphere” by the New York Times. Recipient of the 2014 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the ensemble has given many important world and US premieres of new works by composers including Pierre Boulez, Tristan Murail, Olga Neuwirth, John Zorn, Unsuk Chin, Rand Steiger, Beat Furrer, and Fausto Romitelli. Talea has performed at Lincoln Center Festival, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Warsaw Autumn, Wien Modern, Contempuls, Newport Jazz Festival, La Ciudad de las Ideas (Mexico), Art Summit Indonesia (Jakarta), and the International Contemporary Music Festival (Peru). Radio broadcasts of performances have been heard on ORF (Austria), HRF (Germany), and WQXR’s Q2. As an active collaborator of new music Talea has joined forces with the Austrian Cultural Forum, Consulate General of Denmark, Korean Cultural Service NY, Italian Cultural Institute, and the Ukrainian Institute. Assuming an ongoing role in supporting and collaborating with student composers, Talea is currently ensemble in residence at Columbia University and has been a guest ensemble at Harvard University, Stanford University, Ithaca College, Cornell University and New York University. Talea has recorded works on the Living Artists Label, Gravina Musica, Tzadik, Innova, Wergo, and New World Records. For more information, please visit www.taleaensemble.org
Tara Helen O’Connor, Flutes
Barry Crawford, Flutes
Rane Moore, Clarinets
Marianne Gythfeldt, Clarinets
James Austin Smith, Oboe
Adrian Morejon, Bassoon
Erik Carlson, Violin
Yuki Numata Resnick, Violin
Elizabeth Weisser, Viola
Chris Gross, Cello
Greg Chudzik, Double Bass
Jeff Missal, Trumpet
David Nelson, Trombone
David Byrd-Marrow, Horn
Steven Beck, Piano
Anthony Cheung, Piano
Stephen Gosling, Piano
Alex Lipowski, Percussion
Matthew Gold, Percussion
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