Gabriela Ortiz onstage with Emilia Sharpe and Hannah Corbett, violins, Isabel Tannenbaum, viola, Ingrid Tverberg, cello, Jake Darnell, percussion, and Yiran Zhao, conductor, after a performance of her Pico-Bite-Beat(2018) for strings, percussion and tape.
It’s time to listen to the bold music of Gabriela Ortiz
With a new album, prestigious residencies and a star conductor championing her music, Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is finally getting the recognition she deserves.
Gabriela Ortiz, compositora: “Tan grave es que no toquen tu música porque eres mujer, como que te incluyan solo por el hecho de ser una”
La artista ha ganado el Grammy por su trabajo ‘‘Revolución dinamita”, realizado con la Filarmónica de Los Ángeles. “Quiero pensar que puede ser un parteaguas para la música de la región”, afirma
This Gabriela Ortiz triptych is irresistible from the start: the jaggedly fiery violin solo that opens “Altar de Cuerda,” one of the finest and most exhilarating violin concertos of the past decade. The young violinist María Dueñas, having stunned in the classic repertoire, is here planting her flag in the music of today. JOSHUA BARONE
In her review for the BBC Music Magazine, Kate Wakeling is left spellbound by the LA Phil’s thrilling portrait of the visionary Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz