Nuiko Wadden

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Nuiko Wadden is the principal harpist of the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet orchestras and the principal of the Des Moines Metro Opera. Wadden has been a prizewinner in numerous competitions including the Minnesota Orchestra Competition. As a soloist, Wadden has appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra and the Skokie Valley Symphony. She performs regularly with the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Talea Ensemble, and the Kassia Ensemble. In Pittsburgh, she is half of TinyBeast, dedicated to performing new works for violin and harp. Over the span of her career, she has performed world premieres of works by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Suzanne Farrin, Pierre Jalbert, Hilda Paredes, Karim Al-Zand, John Luther Adams, and others.

Composer Portraits

Suzanne Farrin

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 8PM

Winner of the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellow, Suzanne Farrin explores the interior worlds of instruments and the visceral potentialities of sound in her music. This Portrait highlights another facet of her artistic practice, as an accomplished performer of the early electronic music instrument ondes Martenot. International Contemporary Ensemble delves into a program of her atmospheric work, including the world premiere of Their Hearts are Columns and selections from dolce la morte, an opera based on the love poetry of Michelangelo.

Previously scheduled for February 2

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