The Momenta Quartet have been among my main collaborators for quite some time. In 1997 they gave the first performance of my String Quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’ at Rock Hall Auditorium, Philadelphia, and they went on playing the piece many times since. In 2008 they visited Newcastle, playing ‘Montes’ at […]
24 October 2018 (tbc – a confirmar)String Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta QuartetIglesia y Convento de Santa TeresaCochabamba, Bolivia
19 November 2017 at 3pmString Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta QuartetPhiladelphia Chamber Music SocietyAmerican Philosophical SocietyPhiladelphia
2 October at 7pmString Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta QuartetAmericas SocietyNew York City
The Momenta Quartet’s performance was impressive indeed. I greatly admired the commitment and the intensity of their rendition. Each of the four individuals showed command of their part and their role in this challenging piece. The succession of solos in the second movement Plegaria was an opportunity to enjoy the diversity […]
The new string quartet has now been performed four times, and today we will hear its New York première. At yesterday’s rehearsal the Momenta Quartet demonstrated the extent of their achievement so far. It is impressive indeed. They play with passion, with commitment and with a determination more than worthy […]
23 January 2014Princeton Symphony Chamber Music SeriesThe College of New JerseyEwing Township, NJ String Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta Quartet 26 January 2014Wolfenson HallPrinceton Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton, NJ String Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta Quartet 27 January 2014Monroe Township LibraryJamesburg, NJ String Quartet No. 2, ‘Sin tiempo’Momenta Quartet 29 […]
The Koussevitzky commission is now completed. It took me one and a half years’ work – obviously not full-time, since university work only allows a fraction of my week to be spent on composition – but intensive enough. The last few months I had to find additional hours in the […]
For the last few months I have been battling with a piece for double bass and piano. Along with the trombone, this is the instrument in the orchestra I feel I understand the least. Its workings may be based on the same basic principles as those of the violin and […]