EP 9 - INTERVIEW: Julio Zúñiga

In this episode, we interview composer Julio Zúñiga, a Costa Rican composer living in Cambridge, MA. If you're interested in field recordings, memory,  rainforests, semiotics, gratitude and/or noise, this is an episode for you.

 

musical example citations (plus some other things we mentioned):
(in order of appearance):

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Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 No. 13
Peter Schreier, tenor
Norman Shetler, piano

 

Julio Zúñiga - 24 (2014)
for double bass, harp, and percussion
commissioned and premiered by PULSAR Trio (Eloïse Labaume, Noam Bierstone, Florentin Ginot)
Fondation Suisse, Paris, 2014/5/18

 

Julio Zúñiga - mein liebstes Bild (2015):
for large orchestra and electronics
premiered by the Dresdner Philharmonie, HfMDD, 2015/5/18

 

Michael Pisaro field recording article

 

Julio Zúñiga - GIS (2017):
for clarinet, trombone, percussion, and electronics
written for and premiered by Richard Haynes, Ben Marks, and Peter Neville of the ELISION Ensemble

 

Alvin Lucier - Wind Shadows (1994)
for trombone and closely tuned oscillators
James Fulkerson, trombone; Alvin Lucier, oscillator; Barton Workshop) 

 

Julio Zúñiga - MAM (2018):
for amplified flute, cello, clarinet, and electronics

 

Julio Zúñiga - stars from the earth stars from the stars (2019):
for amplified flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and electronics
written for Madison Greenstone and the [Switch~ Ensemble]

 

Carlos Reygada's Silent Light

 

György Ligeti - Atmospheres (Conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker)

 

Julio Zúñiga & Danny Walden - Parallel Peaks

 

Julio Zúñiga & Elena Rykova - Sí Hay MONSTER (2018):
written in collaboration with Elena Rykova
site-specific performance/installation for the Montreal-based group No Hay Banda

 

Julio Zúñiga - CAS (2017):
for amplified piccolo flute, contrabass clarinet, octave pedals, and low sine tones
premiered by Ensemble Adapter, Harvard University, 2017/11/4

 

Chaya Czernowin: Duo Leat
Petra Stump - Bassklarinette
Heinz-Peter Linshalm - Bassklarinette
Uraufführung am 13.06.2010, Hohenems

 

Julio Zúñiga - schemes that offer us a sense of futurity (2021):
for amplified soprano voice, flute, clarinet, violin, and electronics
written for TAK Ensemble

SCORE

 

 

interview recorded 4/13/2022

 

others mentioned during interview to check out:

Madison Greenstone

Elena Rykova

Chaya Czernowin

 

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