Nick Virzi (b. 1991) is a composer from New York City, currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. His work explores the dramatic and poetic nature of sound through mimetic representation, sonification of complex numerical rhythmic...More
Nick Virzi (b. 1991) is a composer from New York City, currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. His work explores the dramatic and poetic nature of sound through mimetic representation, sonification of complex numerical rhythmic systems, and original nature recordings. In addition to composing, Nick is a field recording artist, guitarist, and conductor. Nick has received commissions from ensembles such as the Netherlands-based Edge Ensemble, flutist Rachel Hacker, and the Frontiers New Music Ensemble. His works have been performed both throughout the US and internationally by artists such as cellist Séverine Ballon (FR), soprano Tony Arnold, the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, the JACK Quartet, the Spektral Quartet, Splinter Reeds, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Liminar (MX), Distractfold (UK), and the Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, and have been heard at such venues as the Mannes School of Music, the San Francisco Center for New Music, and Gaudeamus Muziekweek. He is a fellow of the Cortona Sessions for New Music (Toscana, IT), as well as the soundSCAPE exchange (Maccagno, IT), the New Music for Strings Festival (Aarhus, DE), and the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival at the Julliard School. As a field recording artist, Nick's natural soundscapes have been featured at such venues as Stanford University's CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) and Bing Concert Hall, online as part of composer Laura Steenberge's Imaginary Music Radio Hour, at NYU's Precarious Sounds / Sounding Sanctuary conference, and at the Sonorities Festival in Belfast, Ireland. Nick received his Bachelors of Music (B.M.) in composition from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music (NY), where he studied with Du Yun, Huang Ruo, and Suzanne Farrin. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in composition at Stanford University, where he studies with Mark Applebaum and Brian Ferneyhough.
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