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Artist
Paola Prestini
12+ albums
Avant-Gardecontemporary classicaltzadikexperimentalcomposer
about
Italian born composer PAOLA PRESTINI is the director and co-founder of the award-winning interdisciplinary performing collective, VisionIntoArt (VIA). VIA has performed in theaters, museums, and clubs all over the world and specializes in creating collaborations that stem from new music. Her works and arrangements have been commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Concert Artist Guild, the Kronos Quartet, and VisionIntoArt, and have been performed by groups such as the Kronos Quartet, the Tucson Symphony, the Haydn Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra’s (ACO) for the Whitaker Reading Sessions, the Aleph Ensemble, the Verge Ensemble, and the Prism Quartet, in venues such as Zankel Hall, Weill Hall, the Whitney Live series, BAM Café, Symphony Space, Joe’s Pub, Performance Space 122, the Krannert Center, and Royce Hall/UCLA. She has participated in international performances and festivals such as EtnaFest in Sicily, Concerti Apertivi in Milan, and the new music festival BEMUS in Belgrade, Serbia. Other activities include curating at the Stone (John Zorn’s avant-garde new music space in NYC), an article on collaboration for Arcana III: Musicians on Music, articles for publications such as New Music Box, and leading professional development sessions for the NYS Alliance on the Arts. Her music is released on Tzadik records. She has been the recipient of numerous awards from organizations such as the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, the American Society for Composers and Publishers
