Bending Light: Sonic Prisms for Solo Flute
Nina Assimakopoulos, Flute
Bending Light: Sonic Prisms for Solo Flute by Nina Assimakopoulos is her second release on AMP Recordings.
With Bending Light, Nina delivers a brilliant display of the rich timbral and technical capabilities of the Western concert flute. Presented through the lens of virtuosic extended playing techniques, these brilliant performances highlight contemporary works for flute drawn from a diversity of musical traditions, including jazz, Cuban dance, flamenco, hip-hop, Japanese shakuhachi, Armenian duduk, and Native American flutes.
Bending Light: Sonic Prisms for Solo Flute features compositions by Jennifer Higdon, Wil Offermans, Christopher Jones, Katherine Hoover, Michael Colquhoun, Krystof Zgraja, Eve Beglarian, and Brandy Hudelson performed with the virtuosic bravura and creative flare that is the hallmark of Nina Assimakopoulos’ playing.
Awards:
Silver Medal – Outstanding Achievement: Instrumentalist
Reviews:
“This disc delivers a masterclass in the timbral and expressive possibilities of the solo flute under the expert guidance of Nina Assimakopoulos. Recommended.”
— Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine, March/April ‘24
Listen:
Track List:
- rapid♦fire Jennifer Higdon
- Tsuru-no-Sugomori Wil Offermans
- Blue Lament Christopher Jones
- Winter Spirits Katherine Hoover
- Charanga Michael Colquhoun
- Virtuoso Flamenco Studies, Nr. 1 Krystof Zgraja
- I Will Not Be Sad in this World Eve Beglarian arr. for C flute by Nina Assimakopoulos
- Cymballic for Beat Box Flute Brandy Hudelson
