Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet perform Evergreen material at Triennale Milano; Evergreen won 2023 Grammy for Best Chamber Music

Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet perform Evergreen material at Triennale Milano; Evergreen won 2023 Grammy for Best Chamber Music

The Evergreen: Music of Caroline Shaw | Triennale Milano

Informazioni A composer and musician who has won five Grammy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, Caroline Shaw has redefined contemporary chamber music. In collaboration with the Attacca Quartet – a string quartet equally at home with the classical repertoire, electronic music, and video-game soundtracks – she created the two albums Orange and Evergreen, which in 2020 and 2023 respectively netted the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music

Small EnsemblePerformance. For FOG, the ensemble presents a journey through various compositions from the album Evergreen, which conveys the essence of Caroline Shaw’s music. From Blueprint, inspired by the last quartet of Beethoven’s Opus 18, to And So, a meditation on love and life, and The Evergreen, a love letter to a tree on a remote island off the west coast of Canada, the concert takes listeners through soundscapes filled with light and enchantment. Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She works often in collaboration with others, as producer, composer, violinist, and vocalist. Caroline is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Recent projects include the score to “Fleishman is in Trouble” (FX

Hulu), vocal work with Rosalía (MOTOMAMI), the score to Josephine Decker’s “The Sky Is Everywhere” (A24

Apple), music for the National Theatre’s production of “The Crucible” (dir. Lyndsey Turner), Justin Peck’s “Partita” with NY City Ballet, the premiere of “Microfictions Vol. 3” for NY Philharmonic and Roomful of Teeth, a live orchestral score for Wu Tsang’s silent film “Moby Dick” co-composed with Andrew Yee, two albums on Nonesuch (“Evergreen” and “The Blue Hour”), and tours with So Percussion featuring songs from “Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part” (Nonesuch). She has contributed production to albums by Rosalía, Woodkid, and Nas. Her favorite color is yellow, and her favorite smell is rosemary. The two-time Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet is recognized and acclaimed as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment — a true quartet for modern times. Gliding through traditional classical repertoire to electronic, video game music and contemporary collaborations, they are one of the world’s most innovative and respected ensembles. In 2021, the Quartet released two albums that embody their redefinition of what a string quartet can be. The first Album, Real Life, featuring guest artists such as Tokimonsta, Daedalus, and Anne Müller, was followed up by Of all Joys, which features works from Phillip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and music of the Renaissance period. Passionate advocates of contemporary repertoire, the Quartet is dedicated to presenting and recording new works. Their 2019 release Orange, in collaboration with Caroline Shaw, saw them win the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music

Small Ensemble Performance, with their follow-up album Evergreen winning the 2023 Grammy Award in the same category. The founding members of the Attacca Quartet met while all studying at the Juilliard School in the early 2000s and they made their professional debut at the Carnegie Hall in 2003. Other accolades include First Prize at the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, the Top Prize and Listeners’ Choice award winners for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and Grand Prize Winners of the 60th annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition. The Attacca Quartet has engaged in extensive educational and community outreach projects, serving as guest artists and teaching fellows at the Lincoln Center Institute, University of Texas, Juilliard School, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Bravo! Vail Valley among others. They are expertprogrammers and communicators, and beautifully mix existing works with those by living composers. …more Calendar Highlights Credits Vocals: Caroline Shaw Violin: Amy Schroeder Violin: Domenic Salerni Viola: Nathan Schram Cello: Andrew Yee Program: Blueprint, Cant voi l’aube, Three Essays, And So (from Is A Rose), The Evergreen, Other Song