Monica Germino

Monica Germino is an American and Dutch violinist.[1][2]

Monica Germino
Germino playing with the Moscow Modern Music Ensemble in 2013
NationalityAmerican and Dutch
Known forviolinist
Websitewww.monicagermino.com

Germino spent her early years in Virginia, USA.[2] She is a graduate of Yale and the New England Conservatory.[2][3] In 1993 she received a grant to study music in The Netherlands.[2] Germino resides in The Netherlands.[2]

Monica Germino has performed at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK),[4][5]Bang on a Can Marathon (NY),[6][7]University of South Florida (USF),[2] at New York's Austrian Cultural Forum[1] and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.[8]

Germino collaborates with "electronic sound designer" Frank van der Weij. Germino and Van der Weij have commissioned new works for violinist and sound designer from Julia Wolfe,[1][7][9]Donnacha Dennehy, David Dramm, Arnoud Noordegraaf,[1] Heiner Goebbels,[10] Catherine Kontz, and Nick Williams.[11]

Germino commissioned a Violectra (electric violin)[12] in 2003. Among the pieces written for her on this instrument include composer Robert Zuidam's new Requiem (2013), Renske Vrolijk's 'Violectra Concerto' (2012), and David Dramm's 'Fuzzbox Logic' (2010).[1] She also performs with her group ELECTRA [13] and the band Electric Barbarian.

Germino frequently collaborates with the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen[14] and the singer Cristina Zavalloni.[15] In 2011, Andriessen composed a violin concerto for her, titled 'La Girò'.[8] In 2002, Andriessen composed 'La Passione', a double concerto for Zavalloni and Germino. In 2009, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project brought out a CD of Andriessen's work, titled 'La Passione'. The title work and 'Passeggiata in Tram in America e Ritorno' are both settings of Dino Campana's poetry. Both works were composed for Zavalloni and Germino.[16] Her performance of John Cage's Six Melodies played an inspirational role in Andriessen's opera "Writing to Vermeer."[17]

Germino plays a Joannes Baptista Ceruti violin[18] on permanent loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation. Germino also sings and plays simultaneously[10] and she plays with the curved bow.

Monica Germino playing with the BACH.Bow

She is married to composer Louis Andriessen.

References
  1. Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna. "Monica Germino Puts Electronics and Violin Together, and Myriad Sounds Ensue". June 16, 2013. New York Times.
  2. Fleming, John (February 23, 2010). "Get ready to get wild … at a violin recital". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. Helfer Elghazi, Lisa (May 27, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE: Monica Germino on New England Conservatory, 'RACHE' Murder Premiere and Why She's Finally Ready to Play Michael Gordon's 'INDUSTRY'". Music Times, LLC. CLASSICALITE. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. Holden, Anthony (November 25, 2007). "Nowt like a good tune". The Observer (London, UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  5. Hewett, Ivan (November 19, 2007). "Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music: Music Lives in Everything". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  6. CGNY (May 29, 2013). "Violinist Monica Germino & sound engineer Frank van der Weij perform as part of the Bang on a Can Marathon". Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, Dutch Performing Arts Events. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. Deemer, R (June 16, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013 Live Blog". NEW MUSIC USA, NEW MUSIC BOX. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  8. Swed, Mark (February 29, 2012). "Two Louis Andriessen premieres at Green Umbrella". LA Times. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  9. Deneuville, Thomas (June 26, 2013). "Bang on a Can Marathon 2013". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN magazine. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  10. Matthews, Peter (November 14, 2008). "String Singers". Feast of Music. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  11. Hughes, Roisin (November 23, 2010). "Deviation". Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  12. Redactie (October 18, 2008). "Monica Germino: wereldster op Provadja-podium, dan New York (Monica Germino: World star on stage at Provadja, then New York)". Noord Hollands Dagblad. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  13. Kozinn, Allan (May 17, 2004). "What Do You Get When You Combine Minimalism With Complexity?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  14. Adlington, Robert (August 2004). De Staat. Ashgate Pub Ltd. ISBN 9780754609254.
  15. Davidson, Robert A. (July 27, 2001). "Louis Andriessen & Orkest de Volharding:seeing is hearing" (PDF). RealTime Arts magazine (AU). Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  16. Eichler, Jeremy (July 19, 2009). "Spinning local, A batch of new CDs from the BSO and Boston artists". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  17. Trochimczyk, Maja (August 2002). Music of Louis Andriessen. Routledge. ISBN 1136769668. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  18. Kirsten, Karmiggelt (February 9, 2017). "Frederik van Beuningen: 'Alleen geld voor jezelf is armoe'". De Dikke Blauwe. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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