Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk. Artwork by Polly Apfelbaum.
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Described by The New York Times as “the most important flutist of our time,” Claire Chase is a musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. Passionately dedicated to the creation of new ecosystems for the music of our time, Chase has given the world premieres of hundreds of new works by a new generation of artists. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Professor of the Practice at Harvard University, and was the Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season.
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Experience an extraordinary journey into Terry Riley’s musical world as Claire Chase performs the European premiere of the multi-layered work The Holy Liftoff together with the TMF Quartet as part of TMF’s opening weekend! The TMF Quartet consists of four top Finnish musicians: Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä, Philip Zuckerman, Hanna Hohti and Markus Hohti.
Described by The New York Times as "the North Star of her instrument's ever-expanding universe," flutist Claire Chase is a trailblazing advocate for contemporary music. A MacArthur Fellow and the first flutist to receive the Avery Fisher Prize, she has premiered hundreds of works and leads the 24-year commissioning project Density 2036, reimagining the solo flute repertoire for the 21st Century. In this performance, Chase presents a curated program of innovative works, including Annea Lockwood's Solo from Elwha!, Liza Lim's "Throat Song" from Sex Magic, her own arrangements of Susie Ibarra's Sunbird and Tania León's Singsong, and Suzanne Farrin's The Stimulus of Loss.
About WoCo Fest
The Boulanger Initiative's annual multi-day Women Composers Festival, WoCo Fest, features works by women and gender-marginalized composers performed by local and nationally-acclaimed performers.