Fernanda Aoki Navarro

Fernanda Aoki Navarro
Born
São Paulo, Brasil
Occupation(s)Composer, multimedia artist
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.fernandanavarro.net

Fernanda Aoki Navarro is a composer, multimedia artist and educator. Her music has been performed by major ensembles and soloist, her instrumental music, electronic works, and installations had been performed and exhibited in the United States, Latin-America, and Europe. Her works have been performed across the globe by many renowned ensembles including the New York Philharmonic[1] and the International Contemporary Ensemble.[2]

She's also engaged with promoting experimental music, working as a producer and curator of such concerts and music festivals as Festival Internacional de Música Experimental,[3] and PRISMS Festival.[4]

Education

Fernanda was born in Brazil and is based in the United States. She studied Music Composition at University of São Paulo, University of California Santa Cruz, and at University of California San Diego (PhD),[5] where she worked with Roger Reynolds, Rand Steiger, Steven Schick, and Katharina Rosenberger.[6]

Career

Navarro joined the faculty at Arizona State University in 2020 as an assistant professor of Music Composition[7] within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.[8]

She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (2019–20) at Harvard University,[9] and an artist-in-residence at Yaddo (2022).

Performances of Navarro's work include those with the International Contemporary Ensemble, New York Philharmonic,[10][11][12] New World Symphony,[13] Phoenix Symphony Orchestra,[14] Talea Ensemble, Yarn/Wire,[15] Callithumpian Consort,[16] Platypus Ensemble,[17] Fonema Consort,[18] Nadar Ensemble, Ensemble Paramirabo,[19] Accordant Commons,[20] Fulcrum Point New Music Project,[21] and San Francisco Contemporary Music Players[22]

Works

Ensemble

  • Parthenogenesis (2012) clarinet, trombone, violoncello, piano
  • Pink (2013) soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin/viola, violoncello
  • Otherness (2014) amplified flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, violoncello
  • Daddy (homage to Sylvia Plath) (2017) flute, clarinet, piano/Disklavier, violin, violoncello and electronics
  • The flaw that bears the entire building (homage to Clarice Lispector) (2018) soprano, percussion, piano and electronics
  • Ms. Spider (2019) 3 toy pianos, coat hangers, and performs' voices
  • Impermanence (2019) flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, violoncello, toy instruments, electronics, wearable speakers
  • Glottogony (2018) large ensemble /orchestra and electronics
  • Unnoticed Spectacles I (2022) soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon and electronics
  • Unnoticed Spectacles II (2023) soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon soloists, ensemble, electronics, and video
  • Re-flex (2023) mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussionists, violin, viola, cello, electronics and video

Solo

  • Fendas (2011) electric guitar and electronics
  • Emptying the Body (2012) amplified violoncello
  • Too big for the door (2014) double bass
  • Through (2015) "I. Watching – flute"; "II. About Beauty – bass flute"
  • Mestica (2019) piano
  • Crumbling (2022) piano

Electroacoustic

  • Seated Figure (2008)
  • To Bruno Mantovani (2014)
  • Unboxing Helena (2011)
  • A song to let go (2015)

Installation / performance art / visual

  • MeMeMe (2014)
  • Dinner Music (2015)
  • The Unattainable / The Intimate (2015), co-created with Stefani Byrd and Juan Rubio.
  • A song to let go (2015)
  • The Burden of Selfhood (2017), co-created with Stefani Byrd, Amy Fox, Sarah Ciston, Heidi Kaiser.
  • Playing the piano while being aware of colonialism (2020)
  • Unfolding (2020)
  • Transition (2021)
  • Soundscape, Sound Escape – Chapter 1: Arizona (2023), co-created with Rodrigo Meirelles and Jean Howard

References

  1. ^ "Broadway World". Broadway World.
  2. ^ "ICEcommons AiR". International Contemporary Ensemble.
  3. ^ "Festival Internacional de Música Experimental". Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ "2023 PRISMS Contemporary Music Festival reimagines diverse musical traditions". ASU News. 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Event Detail". music-web.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  6. ^ "Event Detail". ucsd.edu.
  7. ^ "Fernanda Navarro". Arizona State University. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  8. ^ "Brazilian-born composer joins ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre". ASU News. October 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "Fernanda Aoki Navarro". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
  10. ^ "Heavenly Hymn: The 8 Best Classical Music Moments of the Week on YouTube". The New York Times. January 12, 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ Oestreich, James R. (January 11, 2018). "Review: The Philharmonic Focuses on Female Composers". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ^ Archives, New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital (Jan 8, 2018). "New York Philharmonic Program (ID: 14201), 2018 Jan 08". New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  13. ^ "Chamber Music: This Is Now". www.nws.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  14. ^ "The Phoenix Symphony Celebrates Contemporary Music with REVERB". The Phoenix Symphony. 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  15. ^ "Yarn/Wire | arts.ucsc.edu". arts.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  16. ^ "March 9, 2020 Concert". The Callithumpian Consort. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  17. ^ "Platypus Ensemble - 2023". www.platypus-ensemble.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  18. ^ "Ensemble". Fonema Consort. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  19. ^ "Fernanda Aoki Navarro | Ensemble Paramirabo". ensembleparamirabo.com. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  20. ^ "Accordant Commons - Thursday, March 10, 2016, 7:30 p.m. | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  21. ^ "Featured Artists". Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  22. ^ Players, San Francisco Contemporary Music (2023-09-25). "Repertoire". San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Retrieved 2023-11-09.