Del Sol Quartet | Santa Fe Opera

Landscapes of Transformation: Picker, figgis-vizueta, Santillan & Wen

“I cannot do otherwise than be myself” – Lili Elbe

Centering Tobias Picker’s Lili Elbe opera, the program explores the inner and outer landscapes of transformation, with music by Picker, initi figgis-vizueta, and world premieres by Aeryn Santillan & Andromeda Wen. The luminous concert invites us into a journey of courage and becoming.

CHATTER North (Santa Fe)
Saturday, July 18 at 10:30 – 11:30 am
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505

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CHATTER (Albuquerque)
Sunday, July 19 at 10:30 – 11:30 am
912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

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Program

inti figgis-vizueta – mayu (the great river) (2021)

Tobias Picker – Suite for Cello & Piano (selections) (1999)

Aeryn Santillan – & (for violin and melodica) (2019) *world premiere

Aeryn Santillan – 2756 S St Louis Avenue from “What Maps Don’t Tell” (2020)

Andromeda Wen – New Work (2026) *world premiere

Tobias Picker – String Quartet no. 1 “New Memories” (1987) (selections)

Del Sol Quartet
Benjamin Kreith & Hyeyung Sol Yoon, violins
Charlton Lee, viola
Kathryn Bates, cello

San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet believes that music can, and should, happen anywhere – screaming out Aeryn Santillan’s Makeshift Memorials from a Mission District sidewalk or a rural high school, bouncing Ben Johnston’s microtonal Americana off the canyon walls of the Yampa River or the hallowed walls of Library of Congress, bringing Huang Ruo’s Angel Island Oratorio home to the island detention barracks or across the Pacific to the Singapore International Arts Festival. Del Sol’s performances provide the possibility for unexpected discovery, sparking dialogue and bringing people together.

For more information, please contact Koppany Pusztai at kpusztai@santafeopera.org.

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