Monica Germino
Monica Germino is an American and Dutch violinist.[1][2]
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Germino playing with the Moscow Modern Music Ensemble in 2013 | |
Nationality | American and Dutch |
Known for | violinist |
Website | www |
Germino spent her early years in Virginia, USA.[2] She is a graduate of Yale and the New England Conservatory.[2][3] In 1993 she received a grant to study music in The Netherlands.[2] Germino resides in The Netherlands.[2]
Monica Germino has performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK),[4][5]Bang on a Can Marathon (NY),[6][7]University of South Florida (USF),[2] at New York's Austrian Cultural Forum[1] and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.[8]
Germino collaborates with "electronic sound designer" Frank van der Weij. Germino and Van der Weij have commissioned new works for violinist and sound designer from Julia Wolfe,[1][7][9]Donnacha Dennehy, David Dramm, Arnoud Noordegraaf,[1] Heiner Goebbels,[10] Catherine Kontz, and Nick Williams.[11]
Germino commissioned a Violectra (electric violin)[12] in 2003. 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] She also performs with her group ELECTRA [13] and the band Electric Barbarian.
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'.[8] 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 plays a Joannes Baptista Ceruti violin[18] on permanent loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation. Germino also sings and plays simultaneously[10] and she plays with the curved bow.
She is currently married to composer Louis Andriessen.
References
- Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna. "Monica Germino Puts Electronics and Violin Together, and Myriad Sounds Ensue". June 16, 2013. New York Times.
- Fleming, John (February 23, 2010). "Get ready to get wild … at a violin recital". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- Helfer Elghazi, Lisa (May 27, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE: Monica Germino on New England Conservatory, 'RACHE' Murder Premiere and Why She's Finally Ready to Play Michael Gordon's 'INDUSTRY'". Music Times, LLC. CLASSICALITE. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- Holden, Anthony (November 25, 2007). "Nowt like a good tune". The Observer (London, UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Hewett, Ivan (November 19, 2007). "Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music: Music Lives in Everything". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- 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. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Deemer, R (June 16, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013 Live Blog". NEW MUSIC USA, NEW MUSIC BOX. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Swed, Mark (February 29, 2012). "Two Louis Andriessen premieres at Green Umbrella". LA Times. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- Deneuville, Thomas (June 26, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN magazine. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Matthews, Peter (November 14, 2008). "String Singers". Feast of Music. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Hughes, Roisin (November 23, 2010). "Deviation". Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- 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.
- Kozinn, Allan (May 17, 2004). "What Do You Get When You Combine Minimalism With Complexity?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- Adlington, Robert (August 2004). De Staat. Ashgate Pub Ltd.
- Davidson, Robert A. (July 27, 2001). "Louis Andriessen & Orkest de Volharding:seeing is hearing" (PDF). RealTime Arts magazine (AU). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- 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.
- Trochimczyk, Maja (August 2002). Music of Louis Andriessen. Routledge. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- Kirsten, Karmiggelt (February 9, 2017). "Frederik van Beuningen: 'Alleen geld voor jezelf is armoe'". De Dikke Blauwe. Retrieved 11 June 2017.