Claire Chase
Flute • interdisciplinary artist • educator
“The North star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe”
—The New York Times
Passionately dedicated to the creation of new ecosystems for the music of our time, Claire Chase has given the world premieres of hundreds of new works by a new generation of artists, and in 2013 launched the 24-year commissioning project Density 2036. Now in its tenth year, Density 2036 reimagines the solo flute literature over a quarter-century through commissions, performances, recordings, education and an accessible archive at density2036.org.
Chase co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble in 2001, was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2012, and in 2017 was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Chase is currently Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University’s Department of Music, a Creative Associate at The Juilliard School, and a Collaborative Partner with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony.
This season
•Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall
•Marcos Balter’s PAN with San Francisco Symphony in SF and Paris
•Liza Lim’s Sex Magic in Berlin and NYC
• Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto with Esperanza Spalding
with Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic
•Kaija Saariaho’s Aile du Songe with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in DC and NYC
Terrestre by Kaija Saariaho
Vimbayi Kaziboni, conductor
Musicians from the San Francisco Symphony
Melissa Kleinbart, violin
Amos Yang, cello
Douglas Rioth, harp
Bryce Leafman, percussion
Dai Fujikura: Flute Concerto (ensemble version)
International Contemporary Ensemble
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center
Full orchestra version with Claire Chase, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Photo credits: Carrie Schneider and Walter Wlordaczyk