Monica Germino

Monica Germino
Nationality American and Dutch
Known for violinist
Website www.monicagermino.com

Monica Germino is an American and Dutch violinist.[1][2]

Germino spent her early years in Virginia, USA.[2] She is a graduate of Yale and the New England Conservatory.[2] In 1993 she received a grant to study music in The Netherlands.[2]

Germino collaborates with "electronic sound designer" Frank van der Weij. She has performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK),[3][4]Bang on a Can Marathon (NY),[5][6]University of South Florida (USF),[2] at New York's Austrian Cultural Forum[1] and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.[7] Germino and Van der Weij have commissioned new works for violinist and sound designer from Julia Wolfe,[1][6][8]Donnacha Dennehy, David Dramm, Arnoud Noordegraaf,[1] Heiner Goebbels ,[9] Catherine Kontz , and Nick Williams.[10] Germino also sings and plays simultaneously.[9]

Germino commissioned a Violectra (electric violin)[11] in 2003. She also performs with her group ELECTRA [12] and the band Electric Barbarian.[13] Among the pieces written for her on this instrument include composer Robert Zuidam's new Requiem (2013), Renske Vrolijk's 'Violectra Concerto' (2012), and David Dramm's 'Fuzzbox Logic' (2010).[1]

Germino frequently collaborates with the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen[14] and the singer Cristina Zavalloni.[15] In 2011, Andriessen composed a violin concerto for her, titled 'La Girò'.[7] In 2002, Andriessen composed 'La Passione', a double concerto for Zavalloni and Germino. In 2009, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project brought out a CD of Andriessen's work, titled 'La Passione'. The title work and 'Passeggiata in Tram in America e Ritorno' are both settings of Dino Campana’s poetry. Both works were composed for Zavalloni and Germino.[16] Her performance of John Cage's Six Melodies played an inspirational role in Andriessen's opera "Writing to Vermeer."[17]

Germino resides in The Netherlands.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna. "Monica Germino Puts Electronics and Violin Together, and Myriad Sounds Ensue". June 16, 2013. New York Times.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fleming, John (February 23, 2010). "Get ready to get wild … at a violin recital". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ Holden, Anthony (November 25, 2007). "Nowt like a good tune". The Observer (London, UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Hewett, Ivan (November 19, 2007). "Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music: Music Lives in Everything". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ CGNY (May 29, 2013). "Violinist Monica Germino & sound engineer Frank van der Weij perform as part of the Bang on a Can Marathon". Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, Dutch Performing Arts Events. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  6. 1 2 Deemer, R (June 16, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013 Live Blog". NEW MUSIC USA, NEW MUSIC BOX. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. 1 2 Swed, Mark (February 29, 2012). "Two Louis Andriessen premieres at Green Umbrella". LA Times. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ Deneuville, Thomas (June 26, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN magazine. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  9. 1 2 Matthews, Peter (November 14, 2008). "String Singers". Feast of Music. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ Hughes, Roisin (November 23, 2010). "Deviation". Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ Redactie (October 18, 2008). "Monica Germino: wereldster op Provadja-podium, dan New York (Monica Germino: World star on stage at Provadja, then New York)". Noord Hollands Dagblad. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (May 17, 2004). "What Do You Get When You Combine Minimalism With Complexity?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  13. ↑ Bouma, Anne and Kurvers, Joséphine and Wolsink, Ennio (March 13, 2011). "Grand Theatre over de Vloer". 3voor12VPRO.nl. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  14. ↑ Adlington, Robert (August 2004). De Staat. Ashgate Pub Ltd.
  15. ↑ Davidson, Robert A. (July 27, 2001). "Louis Andriessen & Orkest de Volharding:seeing is hearing" (PDF). RealTime Arts magazine (AU). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  16. ↑ Eichler, Jeremy (July 19, 2009). "Spinning local, A batch of new CDs from the BSO and Boston artists". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  17. ↑ Trochimczyk, Maja (August 2002). Music of Louis Andriessen. Routledge. Retrieved October 31, 2013.

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