Professional life
In her early professional life, Lanzilotti was known for her advocacy and interpretation of works living composers such as Dai Fujikura, [11] Andrew Norman, [12] Caroline Shaw, [13] Anna Thorvaldsdottir, [14] Scott Wollschleger, [15] and Nina C. Young. [16] Lanzilotti premiered Dai Fujikura's Viola Concerto, Wayfinder, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre during the 2022 Born Creative Festival. [17]
In addition to her work as a soloist performing her own work [18] and the works of others, she has performed as a guest with Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Éschappé, Ensemble Interface, Ensemble Signal, International Contemporary Ensemble, and with bands such as DeVotchKa, and She & Him. [19] Lanzilotti performed in the Björk Vulnicura Live tour in New York City, and appears on the album of the same name.
Curation
In her role as Curator of Music at The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), [25] [26] she invited artists such as Ethan Heard & Heartbeat Opera, [27] Sarah Hennies, [28] Ken Ueno, [29] and in 2020–21 season commissioned Maria Chavez, [30] Lesley Flanigan, [31] Bora Yoon, [32] Pamela Z, [33] Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman, King Britt and Saul Williams, Miya Masaoka, and Mary Kouyoumdjian and Alarm Will Sound. [34]
Additionally, she co-curated the nationally touring exhibition Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within with Glenn Adamson and Kate Weiner. [35]
Teaching
Lanzilotti has been on the faculty at New York University, University of Northern Colorado, University of Hawaiʻi—Mānoa, [36] and taught at summer programs including Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, [37] Point CounterPoint, [38] Wintergreen Performing Arts, [39] and Banff INTERPLAY. [40] Lanzilotti was co-founder and artistic consultant for Kalikolehua – El Sistema Hawaiʻi. [41]
Composition
Lanzilotti has been commissioned by The Noguchi Museum several times to write musical works. [42] [Switch~ Ensemble] received a MAP Fund grant [43] for the development and performance of her new work hānau ka ua. Lanzilotti has also been commissioned by groups such as the New York Philharmonic, Roomful of Teeth, and Sō Percussion. She was a 2021 McKnight Visiting Composer. [44]
Her album in manus tuas (New Focus Recordings, 2019), was featured in Bandcamp's The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2019 [45] and The Boston GlobeTop 10 Classical Albums of 2019. [46] Other albums including Lanzilotti's music are her debut EP Wanderweg and experimental LP The Akari Sessions .
In 2022 Lanzilotti's work with eyes the color of time, commissioned by The String Orchestra of Brooklyn and premiered at Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City, was selected as a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Music. [2]
Collaborations with dancers include Sinking, a commission for Periapsis Music and Dance [47] with choreographer Wendell Gray II; a new version of with eyes the color of time with additional rattle and bell elements for Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company's work [48] Landscapes, and projects with collaborator brooke smiley.
Music
Lanzilotti's compositions are characterized by the unique timbres and extended techniques. The artist creates soundscapes that invite the audience to engage with sound and listen carefully to the subtleties of resonance. “Lanzilotti’s score brings us together across the world in remembrance, through the commitment of shared sonic gestures.” (Cities & Health) [49]
with eyes the color of time
with eyes the color of time (2020) for string orchestra was commissioned by the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, and is one of Lanzilotti's most well-known works, as one of two finalists for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music. The Pulitzer committee noted that the work "distinctly combines experimental string textures and episodes of melting lyricism." [50] Gramophone described the work “painfully eloquent, there is ecstasy in the raspings of ‘silhouette.’” [51]
with eyes the color of time was inspired by the composer's experience growing up playing in The Contemporary Museum (Spaulding House) in Honolulu where her mother worked when Lanzilotti was a child. [52] The artworks referenced in with eyes the color of time include:
The title of Lanzilotti's work, with eyes the color of time, comes from a phrase in the Ravel opera.
of light and stone
of light and stone (2025) was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for the opening of their 25–26 season. [53] It references songs from the four siblings of the Kalākaua Dynasty—such as the last monarch of Hawaiʻi, Queen Liliʻuokalani [54] —including:
- “Moani Ke Ala” by Prince Leleiōhoku
- “Kuʻu ipo i ka heʻe puʻe one” by Princess Likelike
- “Ahe Lau Makani” by Queen Liliʻuokalani
- “Ke Aloha O Ka Haku” by Queen Liliʻuokalani
- “Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi” by Queen Liliʻuokalani
- “Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī” words by King Kalākaua and music by Royal Hawaiian Band conductor Henri Berger [55]
The work utilizes Lanzilotti's "vast pallate of orchestration." [56]
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