Miranda Cuckson solo

Violinist/violist Miranda Cuckson is a highly acclaimed and sought-after performer, delighting audiences with her performances of music ranging from older eras to the most current creations. She performs at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonie to the Teatro Colón and Cleveland Museum, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music, and the Ojai, Wien Modern, Grafenegg, Time Spans, Marlboro, Bard, West Cork, Portland, LeGuessWho, and SinusTon festivals. Recently she premiered concertos written for her by Georg Friedrich Haas in Tokyo, Stuttgart and Porto and by Marcela Rodriguez in Mexico City. She has released ten lauded albums, including Nono’s "La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura” which was named a Best Recording of the year by the New York Times. She is founder/director of Nunc and a member of interdisciplinary group AMOC. She studied at Juilliard and teaches at Mannes School of Music.

Program description:  solo violin concert on June 8 by Miranda Cuckson, including the C major Sonata by JS Bach BWV 1005 and new music TBA

website: www.mirandacuckson.com

Ethan Iverson-curator’s note

There are two hour-long concerts every night at 7:30 and 9, more like jazz practice than classical convention. We expect to turn the room over (there are only 60 seats) so most of those who are performing formally notated works will probably play the same program twice (a comparatively rare opportunity to enjoy such a liberating sequence).

There are two hour-long concerts every night at 7:30 and 9, more like jazz practice than classical convention. We expect to turn the room over (there are only 60 seats) so most of those who are performing formally notated works will probably play the same program twice (a comparatively rare opportunity to enjoy such a liberating sequence).

Thursday 8 Miranda Cuckson delivers the most challenging music in a forthright and engaging manner. If I had an unlimited budget and resources I’d present the New York City premiere of the violin concerto Georg Friedrich Haas wrote for her; as it stands, I will enjoy her sublime solo sets. When she plays microtonal pieces by Xenakis, Sciarrino, and other high modernists, one can hear Miranda sing the blues.