| Composer: | Julia Schwartz |
| Duration: | 00:06:00 |
| Instrumentation: | Cello and percussion |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Work Type: | Chamber Music with Cello |
This piece is dedicated to Polish musicians Barbara Łypik Sobaniec and Tomasz Sobaniec, who will premiere it in June 2024 in Switzerland. This often quite humorous piece contrasts the sustaining possibilities of the cello with the percussive
insistence of the marimba and the nasality of the flexatone.
composerbiography: JuliaSchwartz
Julia Schwartz was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 1963 and grew up in a musical family. After graduating from the Oberlin College Conservatory with a bachelor's degree in voice in 1985 she continued her studies in voice and music theory in Munich and Zurich.
She composes pieces of music theater, choral and orchestral works, vocal and instrumental chamber music, artsongs and works for solo instruments. Her works have been performed in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the USA. Several of her works have been published in the following German music publishing houses: Carus, Furore and Certosa.
Julia is also active as a conductor, and currently directs two choruses in Constance, Germany. She continues her education in orchestra conducting in Zurich.
A classically trained soprano, she performs contemporary music and gives chanson evenings. She teaches voice privately and lives in Frauenfeld, Switzerland.