Zosha Di Castri

“Di Castri balances her forces impeccably, keeping a listener both surprised and engaged at every turn." - San Francisco Chronicle Zosha Di Castri is a Canadian composer/pianist living in New York. Her work (which has been performed in Canada, the US, South America, Asia, and Europe) extends beyond purely concert music, including projects with electronics, sound arts, and collaborations with video and dance. Her debut album, Tachitipo (2019), features six eclectic chamber and solo works, both acoustic and electro-acoustic. The performers represent some of the most renowned contemporary artists today: vocal ensemble Ekmeles, Talea Ensemble, JACK Quartet, pianist Julia Den Boer, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Yarn/Wire, and percussionist Diego Espinosa Cruz Gonzalez in a special bonus video feature. She recently completed a commission titled Hunger for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with improvised drummer, designed to accompany Peter Foldes’ 1973 silent film by the same name. Her work Long Is the Journey, Short Is the Memory for orchestra and chorus, which opened the first night of the 2019 BBC Proms, in Royal Albert Hall. Other large-scale projects include a 25-minute work for soprano, recorded narrator and orchestra entitled Dear Life (based on a short-story by Alice Munro), and an evening-length new music theatre piece, Phonobellow (co-written with David Adamcyk) for International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). More: http://www.zoshadicastri.com/