An Interactive Concert Experience Goes Online
Our latest recording project, produced in partnership with Guarneri Hall will introduce a wider audience to two engaging new works: Oracle by Nick, and Suite for Solo Cello, by Ira Mowitz, Zach’s dad. The new Suite Talk project centers around the creation of art videos for Nick’s Oracle and Ira’s Suite. Videographer Mike Grittani will serve as Director of Photography, working closely with Nick and Ira on each video. The finished videos will be released alongside artist interviews, video program notes, behind-the-scenes footage, and short videos featuring related pieces of classical music, all tied together into an immersive and informative digital concert experience.
Ira’s Suite and Nick’s Oracle are representative of two different ways composers are merging the classical tradition with contemporary culture. Listeners will be drawn into a personal dialogue with Zach and the composer, providing a clearer appreciation for the human elements that make the living classical tradition so enduringly compelling. The result will be an online representation of the very best of Zach and Nick’s Suite Talk, connecting the music to broader culture by exploring the composers’ deep connections to contemporary society, to classical music, and to one another.
Conversations between Zach and both composers will expose these connections, offering a fun and informative historical context for listeners while further personalizing the connections between artists and audience. The full series will be released in the Fall of 2022, but look out for sneak peeks to come out soon!