Monica Germino

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Monica Germino
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Germino playing with the Moscow Modern Music Ensemble in 2013
NationalityAmerican and Dutch
Known forviolinist
Spouse
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(m. 2012;died 2021)​
Website www.monicagermino.com
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Monica Germino playing with the BACH.Bow

Monica Germino (born 1974) is an American and Dutch violinist. [1] [2]

Germino spent her early years in Virginia, US. [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. [13] 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 [14] and the band Electric Barbarian.

Germino frequently collaborates with the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen [15] and the singer Cristina Zavalloni. [16] 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. [17] Her performance of John Cage's Six Melodies played an inspirational role in Andriessen's opera "Writing to Vermeer." [18]

Germino plays a Joannes Baptista Ceruti violin [19] on permanent loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation. Germino also sings and plays simultaneously [10] and she plays with the curved bow.

She was married to composer Louis Andriessen from 2012 until his death in 2021. [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna (16 June 2013). "Monica Germino Puts Electronics and Violin Together, and Myriad Sounds Ensue". June 16, 2013. New York Times.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Holden, Anthony (November 25, 2007). "Nowt like a good tune". The Observer (London, UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ Hewett, Ivan (November 19, 2007). "Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music: Music Lives in Everything". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 Deemer, R (June 16, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013 Live Blog". NEW MUSIC USA, NEW MUSIC BOX. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  8. 1 2 Swed, Mark (February 29, 2012). "Two Louis Andriessen premieres at Green Umbrella". LA Times. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ Deneuville, Thomas (June 26, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013". I Care If You Listen. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  10. 1 2 Matthews, Peter (November 14, 2008). "String Singers". Feast of Music. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ Hughes, Roisin (November 23, 2010). "Deviation". Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "Players – Violectra". Violectra – Violectra Electric Violins. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (May 17, 2004). "What Do You Get When You Combine Minimalism With Complexity?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  15. ↑ Adlington, Robert (August 2004). De Staat. Ashgate Pub Ltd. ISBN   978-0-7546-0925-4.
  16. ↑ Davidson, Robert A. (July 27, 2001). "Louis Andriessen & Orkest de Volharding:seeing is hearing" (PDF). RealTime Arts magazine (AU). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ Trochimczyk, Maja (August 2002). Music of Louis Andriessen. Routledge. ISBN   1-136-76966-8 . Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  19. ↑ Kirsten, Karmiggelt (February 9, 2017). "Frederik van Beuningen: 'Alleen geld voor jezelf is armoe'". De Dikke Blauwe. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Louis Andriessen, Lionized Composer With Radical Roots, Dies at 82". The New York Times . 1 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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