Michi Wiancko
Michi Wiancko
Composer / Violinist / Curator




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Audio

Lullaby for the Transient
For string quartet and clarinet. Performed by the Azuri Quartet and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh.
Blue Bourée
For string quartet and double bass. Performed by Sybarite 5.
The Bach Chaconne
For string orchestra. Performed by the East Coast Chamber Orchestra.
La Follia
For string orchestra. Performed by the East Coast Chamber Orchestra.
9 Death Haiku (excerpts)
For string quartet, drums, bass, vox. Performed by Michi Wiancko & percussionist Satoshi Takeishi.
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Video

MEET THE COMPOSER: MICHI WIANCKO

Michi Wiancko discusses her journey from violinist to composer and the process of writing her first opera, “Murasaki’s Moon,” based on the 11th-century Japanese novel “The Tale of Genji” and written in collaboration with librettist Deborah Brevoort.

“Murasaki's Moon” earned On Site Opera a 2018 Commissioning Grant for Female Composers. The grant was awarded through OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers program, which is funded by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

 

TO UNPATHED WATERS, UNDREAMED SHORES

Commissioned by the Bay Chamber Series & Jupiter String Quartet, Michi composed To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores in 2021.

To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores is a multi-movement work for string quartet that celebrates the beauty and vitality of the natural world, and suggests a space for hope and inspiration at a time when young people and adults alike have no choice but to take on fears and worries for our planet. The themes of regeneration and resilience are central to this work, as is the notion of collective humanity, and the need to help protect each other and our most vulnerable populations.

KONO MICHI: YOU ARE THE FIRST

Kono Michi, filmmaker Alex Levy, and British musician Mike Sorensen Small took to the American road for two weeks, filming this DIY, low-budget stop-motion music video. A track from her My Monster EP release, Kono Michi presents the long-awaited ‘You Are the First’ music video: the result of thousands of jumps over the course of 6,000 miles.

COLLABORATION WITH VIJAY IYER

Michi joins Vijay and quartet collaborators Miranda Cuckson, Kyle Armbrust, and Kivie Cahn-Lipman for the recording of Mutations for ECM Records.

I’M IN HERE: A SHORT FILM SCORED BY MICHI WIANCKO

Written and directed by Willy Berliner, this short film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival, and features a soundtrack that was composed and performed by Michi.