Osnat Netzer Dot : Line : Sigh Album Notes "Ebullient, pensive, whimsical, and mysterious by turns, Osnat Netzer’s new music presents a multifaceted and deeply riveting gestural world." -- George Lewis
Dot : Line : Sigh is the debut recording by Chicago-based composer/performer Osnat Netzer. A decade in the making, this album showcases music composed from 2014 onward, marking a period in which Netzer underwent a transformative artistic and aesthetic shift. The works on Dot : Line : Sigh reflect her involvement in the world of cognitive linguistics and music cognition, drawing inspiration from the physicality of motion. The album features an exceptional roster including Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, ~Nois saxophone quartet, flutist Eric Lamb, soprano Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, saxophonist Geoffrey Landman, and others, plus the composer herself on piano. The seventrack album will be available both digitally and on CD.
Bio
Track List 1. They bury their dead with great ululations (9:11) Ensemble Dal Niente conducted by Michael Lewanski
2. Pillars (6:46) Geoffrey Landman, alto saxophone; Osnat Netzer, piano
Israel native Osnat Netzer (os-NAHT NETzer) is a composer, performer, and educator. Inspired by performers’ bodies, personalities, and their relationship to their instruments, Osnat creates her compositions collaboratively, tailoring her work to the performer’s sensibilities, physicality and improvisational inclinations. Netzer’s works have been commissioned and performed by Del Sol Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, ~Nois, International Contemporary Ensemble, Patchwork, mezzo-soprano Lucy Dhegrae, bass David Salsbery Fry, saxophonists Kenneth Radnofsky, Doug O’Connor and Geoffrey Landman, Spektral Quartet, and Winsor Music, among many others. Her works are published by Edition Peters and earthsongs, and recorded on Bridge Records and New Focus Recordings. Her opera, The Wondrous Woman Within, was described as “riotously funny” in The New York Times when its first scene was performed at New York City Opera’s VOX festival in 2012 and “challenging and fascinating” by critic Amir Kidron when it received its World Premiere in a sold out run at Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theatre in 2015. As a pianist and performer, she regularly plays and con- ducts new music by fellow composers, as well as her own songs and compositions. Also a committed and passionate educator, Netzer teaches at The Walden School and has served on the faculties of New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music of Bard College and Harvard University, and as of 2023 is Associate Professor of Composition and Musicianship at DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
3. I won't be outrun by a calvary of snails (11:22) Carrie Henneman Shaw and Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, sopranos; Ensemble Dal Niente conducted by Michael Lewinski
4. Schertch (scherzo sketch) (4:23) Mivos Quartet; Eric Lamb, alto flute
5. Contrapose (9:21) Michael Hall, viola; Marianne Parker, piano
6. I AM FUCKING ZEN (9:07) ~Nois
7. away dream all away (4:28) Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano; Constance Volk, flute; Doyle Armbrust, viola
US Street Date: February 2, 2024 Catalog Number: FCR388 Pre-order: bit.ly/osnatnetzer PR: Steven Swartz – steven@dotdotdotmusic.net & Kacey Fassett – kacey@dotdotdotmusic.net, DOTDOTDOTMUSIC