inti figgis-vizueta
Composer
Born 1993. inti figgis-vizueta is a composer who works to reconcile historical aesthetics and experimental practices with trans & Indigenous futures. Described as an “ever-intriguing, rising new music star” (LA Times), whose “raw, scraping yet soaring” (Washington Post) music brings a “sense of true dramatic stakes” (New York Times), inti has been commissioned and performed by leading artists including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Trickster Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Attacca Quartet, Rothko Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, organist James McVinnie, pianist Conor Hanick, violinist Jennifer Koh, and cellists Andrew Yee and Jay Campbell, among many others. inti is the recipient of the Lotos Foundation Prize, ASCAP Fred Ho Award, National Sawdust Hildegard Award, Café Royal Foundation Music Grant, and residency fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks, Civitella Ranieri, and Music at Copland House. inti studied with Marcos Balter, Felipe Lara, Donnacha Dennehy, and George Lewis. Her mentors include Tania León, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, and Andrew Norman.