Saturday Sept. 21 : Carlsbad Village Theatre : 7:45-8:30
Sunday Sept. 22 : Carlsbad Village Theatre : 6:00-7:00 (with Steven Schick)
“the young star of the modern flute”
- The New Yorker
“extravagant technique, broad stylistic range and penetrating musicality”
- The New York Times
Flutist Claire Chase, a 2012 MacArthur Fellow, is a soloist, collaborative artist, entrepreneur and activist for new music. Over the past decade she has given the world premieres of over 100 new works for flute, many of them tailor-made for her. Described as a “spectacular flutist” by The New Yorker, “indefatigable” by TimeOut New York, and a “virtuoso of amazing dexterity and sensitivity” by the Chicago Tribune, Chase has given critically acclaimed recitals recently at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. Highlights of the current season include solo performances at the Guangzhou Triennial (Guangzhou, China), Museu Pinacoteca (São Paolo, Brazil), debuts in Berlin, Frankfurt, Vienna, Paris and London, and a concerto appearance with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra under Ludovic Morlot. She has released two critically acclaimed solo albums – Aliento (2010) and Terrestre (2012) – and will release her third, Density, featuring works by Varese, Glass, Lucier, Reich, Balter and Diaz de Leon, in September 2013 on New Focus Recordings.
Chase was First Prize Winner in the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and has performed as a soloist throughout the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia. She co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in 2001 and serves as the organization’s Artistic Director and CEO in addition to playing over fifty concerts a year as an ensemble member. ICE has premiered more than 600 works since its inception, and has pioneered a new artist-driven organizational model that earned the company a Trailblazer Award from the American Music Center in 2010. Chase was also honored with Crain’s Business “40 under 40” Award in 2013.
In 2013, Chase founded The Pnea Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the flute and its repertoire in the 21st century through commissions, community engagement, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaborations and advocacy. She lives in Brooklyn.
