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Discography

Magic Numbers (2006)

Magic Numbers (2006)





Quinsin Nachoff – tenor and soprano sax, compositions
Mark Helias – bass
Jim Black – drums

Nathalie Bonin – violin I
Noémi Racine Gaudreault – violin II
Jean René – viola
Julie Trudeau – cello

Nachoff established his boundary-crossing artistic persona with this groundbreaking set of compositions for string quartet let by Natalie Bonin and jazz trio featuring Mark Helias on bass and drummer Jim Black. Encompassing a wide range in dynamics and atmospheres, the music moves from melancholy and introspective to vibrant and aggressive, but is always exhilarating and imaginative.

"...one of the most innovative chamber jazz recordings in recent years."

John Kelman

AllAboutJazz

"Quinsin Nachoff may be a relative unknown, but Magic Numbers should change all that."

Troy Collins

AllAboutJazz

"...amazed by ambitious ideas and writing."

Bruce Lee Gallanter

Downtown Music Gallery

"But at all points on the album, Nachoff's ability to write engagingly and insightfully for strings is jaw-droppingly impressive, and his overall achievement on this album is equally so."

Rick Anderson

All Music Guide

"...a distinctive sound that can't yet be categorized. …quite sophisticated…inspired technique."

Ty Cumbie

AllAboutJazz NYC

"...one of Canada's leading saxophone innovators..."

Geoff Chapman

Toronto Star

To Solar Piazza (excerpt)

How Post-Modern Of Me (excerpt)

October (excerpt)

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Horizons Ensemble (2008)

Horizons Ensemble (2008)

Horizons Ensemble (2008)

Quinsin Nachoff – soprano and tenor sax, compositions
Nathalie Bonin – violin I
Parmela Attariwala – violin II
Ernst Reijseger – cello
John Taylor – piano

This chamber jazz ensemble features the talents of legendary British pianist John Taylor, Dutch cellist Ernst Reijeseger and reunites Nachoff with Nathalie Bonin and Parmella Attariwala on violins for a series of beautifully poised performances of original compositions balancing improvisation and imaginatively written passages to stunning effect.

"Horizons Ensemble marks Nachoff as a major young jazz composer"

★★★★ (out of 4)

J.D. Considine

Globe&Mail (Canada)

"Nothing about...Horizons Ensemble is typical from track to track, mirroring only itself, yet expansive in a way that's elemental."

BirdIsTheWorm

"an enticing combination of plangent romanticism and dark percussive drama."

Troy Collins

AllAboutJazz

"'Horizons Ensemble' is one of the more serious sounding and successful units to emerge from the underground fully (in)formed."

Bruce Lee Gallanter

Downtown Music Gallery

"The balance the band brings is striking and profound; the music elevates and thrills with its resplendence."

Jerry D'Souza

AllAboutJazz

"...an impressive, intense, and colorful musical experience..."

Veronica Timpanelli

JazzReview

"...one of the revelations of the year..."

Thierry Lepin

Jazzman Magazine (France)

"bold, diverse and filled with compelling counterpoint"

James Hale

DownBeat

"This is a strong, intelligent musical statement."

Glenn Hall

Exclaim

"A voice distinguished from its peers and a composer to be reckoned with."

Diane Gastellu

Citizen Jazz (France)

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Forward Motion (2010)
Magic Numbers (2006)

Forward Motion (2010)

Forward Motion (2010)

David Binney – alto sax
Quinsin Nachoff – tenor sax, compositions
Matt Mitchell – piano, fender rhodes, organ, wurlitzer, moog synth
Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion

Based around the rich, funky textures of Adrean Farrugia’s Fender Rhodes, Nachoff is joined on the frontline by Russ Johnson on trumpet, and Mark Kelso in the drummer’s chair, this bass-less quartet offers a lighthearted but utterly compelling reworking of modern jazz with rock and fusion influences. Original compositions range from the intimacy of a piano trio to the bombastic energy of the organ trio tradition.

"Funky, passionate and intellectually probing, Nachoff is the total package."

Glenn Hall

Exclaim

"splendid examples of imagination, wit and daring yet show keen understanding of jazz traditions."

Geoff Chapman

The Wholenote

"a highly developed composer"
"always intriguing and smartly executed"

Peter Hum

Ottawa Citizen

"...a world that spans jazz and pop inflection to create something at once familiar and 'wondrous strange'"

David Olds

The Wholenote

"Nachoff is one of an increasing number of jazzers playing with drastically different ensembles and using elements of various styles (in his case, from classical to funk to rock)."

Mike Doherty

National Post

"Tour de Force"

Culture Jazz (France)

"bursting at the seams with musical surprises throughout, constantly keeping you on the edge of your seat"

Purple Cabbage

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Flux (2016)
Horizons Ensemble (2008)

Flux (2016)

Flux (2016)

David Binney – alto sax
Quinsin Nachoff – tenor sax, compositions
Matt Mitchell – piano, fender rhodes, organ, wurlitzer, moog synth
Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion

David Binney’s alto sax joins Nachoff’s distinctive tenor in a set of original compositions that draws on sounds and influences from the 1970’s filtered through a 21st century lens. Matt Mitchell provides piano, fender rhodes, organ, wurlitzer, moog synth and Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion round out the unit that tackles the challenges of Nachoff’s playfully intense arrangements with ample space for individual improvisation.

"[Nachoff]'s playing was a revelation. Parsing shimmers of Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter and Mark Turner, he constructed an amalgam of classical counterpoint and rugged expressionistic improv..."

Michael Jackson

DownBeat

"...an intensity and modernity, a brashness and in-your-face confidence of delivery"

★★★★

Dan McClenaghan

AllAboutJazz

"...breathtakingly inventive as group members and as individual players."

Donald Elfman

New York City Jazz Record

"The quartet's self-command is engaged in a battle with each individual player's sense of freedom, making for that agitation that marks all great music."

★★★★

Mark Corroto

AllAboutJazz

"...the juxtaposition of the comparatively deliberate 'Astral Echo Poem' and the whirling maelstrom that is the concluding "Tilted' demonstrates the combo's thrillingly wide range."

Michael Roberts

Jazziz

Critic's Pick
"Marked by an impenetrable unity, 'Flux' overflows with great resourcefulness, becoming a distinct echo of modernity and inspiration."

JazzTrail

"The initial perplexity of listening gives way to curiosity, fascination and endorsement."

★★★★

David Cristol

Jazz Magazine (France)

"...the quartet projects a cunning musical personality as large and small surprises trickle through the seams on a recurring basis..."

★★★★

Glenn Astarita

AllAboutJazz

"...a memorable evening. The thought provoking concert with its fervent delivery echoed in listeners' memory long after the evening concluded."

Hrayr Attarian

AllAboutJazz

"Flux is uncompromising ...but entirely gettable too, with grooves that set heads bobbing and absorbing solos than can set fists pumping."

Peter Hum

Ottawa Citizen

"...alive with subtle underpinnings and a sometimes jarring surface, all of it brilliantly executed, interpreted and extended by his current quartet of prominent New Yorkers."

Stuart Broomer

theWholeNote

"The overall feel is strong forward movement: rhythmic variety and always with sensitivity to the composition and each other."

Keith Black

Winnipeg Free Press

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Mythology Records

Flux

Select Scores from Debut and Path of Totality

Includes:

From Path of Totality:
Path of Totality
Bounce
Orbital Resonances

From Debut:
Tightrope
Complimentary Opposites
Mind’s Ear II
Tilted



Recorded and released on Path of Totality (Whirlwind Recordings, 2019) by David Binney, alto saxophone, Quinsin Nachoff, tenor saxophone, Matt Mitchell, keyboards, Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood, drums.
See album for additional personnel.

Recorded and released on Flux (Musictronic Productions, 2016) by David Binney, alto saxophone, Quinsin Nachoff, tenor saxophone, Matt Mitchell, keyboards, Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood, drums.

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Musictronic
Productions

Ethereal Trio (2018)
Forward Motion (2010)

Ethereal Trio (2018)

Ethereal Trio (2018)







Quinsin Nachoff – tenor sax
Mark Helias – bass
Dan Weiss – drums

This album reunites Nachoff with bassist Mark Helias and brings in drummer Dan Weiss for a series of scintillating three-way conversations which blend through-composition and improvisation with each piece having its own plot and internal logic. Recorded in a single session, the album gives the musicians the freedom to explore the characteristically ambitious compositions to the limits.

"...perfect balance between Nachoff's wistful tenor and Mark Helias' rich, resonant pizzicato bass, adorned by Dan Weiss' unobtrusive yet apposite drumming."

★★★★

Roger Farbey

AllAboutJazz

"All three musicians revel in each other’s company. The saxophonist [Nachoff] is a fearless explorer of contemporary jazz expression... An album well worth investigating."

★★★★

UK Vibe

“This recording stands out from a crowded field by virtue of the exceptional skill of the players... Ambitious but rewarding music.”

Jazz Views

"Improvisational masterworks... Impeccable but not pristine... Highly recommended.”

★★★★

Mark Corroto

AllAboutJazz

"The instrumental mastery of all three players is beyond doubt."

Jazzwise Magazine

“Sophisticated structures framed in original and innovative thematic improvisations.”
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Jazz Poland

"The interplay​ - ​sometimes solo, other times in duo—is simply astonishing.​"​

Art Music Lounge

"You really get to know what these guys are about straight out of the gate, as the album-opening 'Clairvoyant Jest' struts and capers, stops and starts so everybody gets a moment (or three or four) in the spotlight, and generally lets you know that for the next 43 minutes, attention must be paid."

Stereogum

"A joy to listen to."

Step Tempest

“Their notes melt together, like a constellation of beauty.”

Musical Memoirs

“Divine orchestrations further enhanced by a sparkling energy... An exciting project.”

Radio REC

"Forward thinking... This music will live forever."

Midwest Record

"The six compositions are trim and varied, with Nachoff sounding terrific throughout."

The Vinyl District

"Jazz and contemporary classical music converge in a very personal way."

El Intruso

"The trio is loose without being casual, at once taut and free, and the consistent quality of detailed interplay and invention brings Nachoff's forceful, inventive tenor playing to the fore. It may be his most satisfying recording to date."

The WholeNote

"A record that is prepared to dwell in the infinite possibilities of the light, the airy and the tenuous... An exploration of instrumental combinations from which exquisite flashes of colour often emerge."

JazzdaGama

"Stands out as a must-hear!"

​Gapplegate Contemporary Music

“Tightly controlled, perfectly balanced, ingenious and seductive.”

Citizen Jazz

“Compositions that flirt with the contemporary… Complex yet simple at the same time.”

Culture Jazz

“Quinsin Nachoff, skilfully explores chances and risks in this all-encompassing approach to musical concepts.”

Concerto Magazine

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Ethereal Trio

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Includes:

Clairvoyant Jest
Imagination Reconstruction
 Gravitas
 Subliminal Circularity
Push-Pull Topology
Portrait in Sepia Tones


Recorded and released on Ethereal Trio (Whirlwind Recordings, 2017) by Quinsin Nachoff, saxophone, Mark Helias, bass, and Dan Weiss, drums

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Musictronic
Productions

Flux, Path of Totality (2019)
Flux (2016)

Flux, Path of Totality (2019)

Flux, Path of Totality (2019)

Quinsin Nachoff – tenor, soprano sax, compositions
David Binney – alto and C-melody sax
Matt Mitchell – piano, keyboards, Esty pump harmonium, synthesizer
Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion
Nate Wood – drums







Special Guests:
Orlando Hernández – tap dance 

David Travers-Smith – synthesizer

Mark Duggan – percussion

Carl Maraghi – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Dan Urness, Matt Holman – trumpet 
Ryan Keberle – trombone 
Alan Ferber – trombone, bass trombone

Jason Barnsley – Kimball Theatre Organ

Working with saxophonist David Binney, pianist/keyboardist Matt Mitchell, drummers Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood, in addition to a wide-ranging and eclectic supporting cast of musicians, Nachoff creates a series of his most ambitious and wide-ranging pieces to date. Initially inspired by the lunar eclipse of 2017, the compositions incorporate aleatoric structures borrowed from the classical realm alongside electronic textures and passages of free improvisation to make the music more open and expressive. The long forms allow the outstanding band to stretch out, augmented by such exotica as a Kimball Theatre Organ, tuned percussion and tap dancer Orlando Hernández, plus the addition of brass and winds.

“Path of Totality is a stunning, deep dive of an album, the sort of music in which one could spend hours submersed.”

★★★★ ½

J.D. Considine

DownBeat

"An imaginative and ground breaking suite of compositions... Complex music that requires and demands multiple replays, the better to understand and appreciate the extent of its many nuances... it certainly merits it."

★★★★ ½

Roger Farbey

AllAboutJazz

"A very rewarding listen."

★★★★

Jazzwise Magazine

"This sonic adventure is a form of alchemy, a magical science beyond explanation... Quinsin Nachoff continues to mature as a composer, musician, and arranger."

Richard B. Kamins

Step Tempest

"This album abounds with appealing ideas, both textural and improvisational, as well as gripping tension, which is rarely abandoned. A group showing a phenomenal facility in blazing undiscovered sonic paths."

JazzTrail

"There are moments of great beauty in this music which goes beyond all the boundaries of conventional forms. Experimental styles are the norm, borders are freely crossed, arts and sciences, astronomy and physics provide the inspirations for these extraordinary, thought-provoking compositions and solos."

Bebop Spoken Here

“Quinsin Nachoff dares, assumes and thus demonstrates a great mastery of his art.”

Culture Jazz

“A wild and thunderously exciting tour de force.”

★★★★

Concerto Magazine

"This album abounds with appealing ideas, both textural and improvisational, as well as gripping tension, which is rarely abandoned. A group showing a phenomenal facility in blazing undiscovered sonic paths."

JazzTrail

“One of the most stunning projects to see the light of day thus far in 2019.”

Best of Bandcamp

“The whole album is characterized by a continuous ‘freedom’, cosmic... Power music.”

Diskoryxeion

“A distinctive recording, put together with great attention to form and detail — and performed with enormous skill.”

Steve Provizer

The Arts Fuse

“Transcending pigeon-holing and expectations but drawing on an ever-expanding series of diverse influences.”

Bruce Lee Gallanter

Downtown Music Gallery

“Profoundly heavy music with a staggering amount of commitment behind it, evident from the complex compositions, arrangements, and playing... Bravo!”

In on the Corner

“Sets into musical language the album’s commitment to understanding of scientific truths.”

Arts Journal

"There’s no doubting its excellence on both a compositional and performance level. A remarkable achievement from all concerned.

★★★★

UK Vibe

"If 'Path of Totality' is the moon, this music brings the listener close enough to reach out and touch it. That’s no small thing. In fact, it might be everything."

Bird is the Worm

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Flux

Select Scores from Debut and Path of Totality

Includes:

From Path of Totality:
Path of Totality
Bounce
Orbital Resonances

From Debut:
Tightrope
Complimentary Opposites
Mind’s Ear II
Tilted



Recorded and released on Path of Totality (Whirlwind Recordings, 2019) by David Binney, alto saxophone, Quinsin Nachoff, tenor saxophone, Matt Mitchell, keyboards, Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood, drums.
See album for additional personnel.

Recorded and released on Flux (Musictronic Productions, 2016) by David Binney, alto saxophone, Quinsin Nachoff, tenor saxophone, Matt Mitchell, keyboards, Kenny Wollesen and Nate Wood, drums.

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Musictronic
Productions

Path of Totality

Six Commissioned Films

Six cutting edge filmmakers create original work in response to Path of Totality (Whirlwind Recordings)

Lee Hutzulak

Bounce

Udo Prinsen

Splatter

JiYe Kim

Toy Piano Meditation

Anne Beal

Path of Totality

Gita Blak

(ft. Orlando Hernández)

March Macabre

Trent Freeman

Orbital Resonances

Pivotal Arc (2020)
Ethereal Trio (2018)

Pivotal Arc (2020)

Pivotal Arc (2020)

Nathalie Bonin – violin soloist / violoniste soliste

Molinari String Quartet / Quatuor Molinari
Olga Ranzenhofer – violin I / 1er violon
Antoine Bareil – violin II / 2e violon
Frédéric Lambert – viola / alto
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette – cello / violoncelle

JC Sanford – conductor / chef d’orchestre
Michael Davidson – vibraphone / vibraphone
Mark Helias – bass / basse
Satoshi Takeishi – drums, percussion / batterie, percussions
Quinsin Nachoff – tenor saxophone / saxophone ténor

 

Jean-Pierre Zanella – piccolo, flute, clarinet, soprano sax / piccolo, flûte, clarinette, saxophone soprano
Yvan Belleau – clarinet, tenor sax / clarinette, saxophone ténor
Brent Besner – bass clarinet / clarinette basse

Jocelyn Couture – trumpet 1 / 1ère trompette
Bill Mahar – trumpet 2 / 2e trompette
David Grott – trombone / trombone
Bob Ellis – bass trombone / trombone basse

The many diverse threads of Nachoff’s career are triumphantly woven together in this stunning, ambitious realization. ‘Pivotal Arc’ brings together virtuoso violin soloist Nathalie Bonin with a jazz-inflected unit comprising two established giants of the NY scene, bassist Mark Helias and drummer Satoshi Takeishi, and the striking young vibraphone player Michael Davidson, and a wind and string ensemble conducted by JC Sanford for a concerto that boldly mixes written and improvised sections. A contemporary string quartet performed by the renowned Molinari String Quartet and the extended title piece round out the album. Consistently unpredictable, fearlessly innovative, breathtakingly accomplished, and full of creative passion, Nachoff’s work as composer and improviser is constantly increasing its scope to encompass ever greater horizons.

"It's part jazz, part classical, and impressive from beginning to end...This is a seriously ambitious record."

Phil Freeman

Stereogum

"...the variety in the textures, shaped by an engagingly complex musical mind, a sensibility that guarantees the progress of each movement will contain a series of delights and surprises. It's demanding contemporary music that succeeds at the trick of pulling you in - and makes you glad to be there."

Michael Ullman

The Arts Fuse

"The overall impact of the album is to confirm that specific definitions are pointless. This is simply good music that for cenvenience is listed in the jazz category."

★★★★ ½

Keith Black

Winnipeg Free Press

As an album, 'Pivotal Arc' serves to show the world the versatility and maturity of the composer Quinsin Nachoff...There's a lot happening in this music and you really want to pay close attention to hear the richness of the melodies, the excellent musicianship, and the powerful work of violinist Nathalie Bonin. One of this year's more fascinating releases, 'Pivotal Arc' is worth your time."

Richard B. Kamins

Step Tempest

"...this melding of classical influences and jazz verities is also unexpectedly accessible, consistently lively, fiercely intelligent and often flat-out exhilarating."

Michael Roberts

Jazziz

"The music on 'Pivotal Arc' is both challenging and highly engaging. Few clichés can be found in the music composed by a mind that continues to stretch beyond the comfort zone of any genre. There's something strikingly inventive and vivid about Nachoff's music."

★★★★

Friedrich Kunzmann

AllAboutJazz

"...a creative immediacy that marks it as something new...What startles then pleases is the breadth of absorption of multi-stylistic strands into a convincing series of wholes. There is a fully 'authentic' and uncompromising nexus of both styles and performances are top notch. And the end results are fully original and well worth repeated hearings."

Grego Applegate Edwards

Classical Modern Music

"Composer and saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff has been merging formal composition and an expansive jazz vocabulary since conjoining a string quartet and a jazz group on his 2006 debut 'Magic Numbers'. However, the blurring of traditionally distinct musical categories has reached its high point in the three compositions heard on 'Pivotal Arc'."

Stuart Broomer

TheWholeNote

"'Pivotal Arc' is largely an extraordinary accomplishment...Nachoff's pieces are well-crafted, imaginative, questioning, and splendidly performed."
"A protracted solo by vibraphonist Michael Davidson and the consistently brilliant figures by Bonin literally made me holler in joy while listening."
"Nachoff's String Quartet alone is worth the purchase of the entire disc and I would be eager to hear a follow-up work for the same ensemble."

Alan Thiesen

Sybaritic Singer

"With a sonic palette that ranges across the spectrum from Strayhorn and Mancini to Bartok and Berg, this is a stunningly original set of pieces that will cement Nachoff's reputation as a major cross-genre musical force."

Jim Hynes

Making a Scene

"A real tour de force for the brilliant violinist Nathalie Bonin."

Yves Dorison

Culture Jazz (France)

"[Pivotal Arc] combines colorful ensemble writing with a crisply defined sense of rhythmic buildup."

J.D. Considine

JazzTimes

"A real tour de force for the brilliant violinist Nathalie Bonin...thanks to a great versatility, [Bonin] engages with a transport and a skill that allow her to trace in an apparently light way the intricate plots of the concerto"

Filippo Focosi

Kothodik

<<What a Performance Winner 2020>>

"I cannot praise this album highly enough...The Molinari String Quartet is an outstanding group of highly-trained musicians who capture the flavor of the music..."

Lynn René Bayley

Art Music Lounge

"On this album, contemporary classical and avant-garde jazz meet and interbreed into a powerful combination of the best of both worlds."

Dave Tremblay

Can This Even Be Called Music

"The album opens with a violin concerto featuring...violinist Nathalie Bonin as lead soloist, delivering a breathtaking performance. She traverses the three movements of this work with impressive aplomb and creativity..."
"A superb solo by Helias opens the title track, a piece closer to jazz that offers a splendid conclusion to the album. Takeishi and...vibraphonist Michael Davidson are particularly imaginative."

Steve Naud

PanM360

"'Pivotal Arc' features...one of the best modern classical works I've heard in a long while."

Bruce Lee Gallanter

Downtown Music Gallery

CBC Music Summer 2020 Guide - Albums You Need to Hear

Robert Rowat

CBC Music

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Pivotal Arc Mini-interview Series

Short interviews with each member of the ensemble

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#17  Nathalie Bonin, violin soloist
& Quinsin Nachoff, composer, tenor saxophone, producer
#1  Mark Helias, bass
#2  Antoine Bareil, violin II, Molinari String Quartet
#3  Olga Ranzenhofer, violin I, Molinari String Quartet
#4  Satoshi Takeishi, drums
#5  JC Sanford, conductor
#6  Frédéric Lambert, viola, Molinari String Quartet
#7  Michael Davidson, vibraphone
#8  Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello, Molinari String Quartet
#9  Yvan Belleau, woodwinds II
#10  Bill Mahar, trumpet II
#11  Jean-Pierre Zanella, woodwinds I
#12  David Grott, trombone
#13  Brent Besner, bass clarinet
#14  Bob Ellis, bass trombone
#15  Jocelyn Couture, trumpet I
#16  David Travers-Smith, audio engineer, producer

String Quartet (from Pivotal Arc)

Commissioned by the Molinari String Quartet and Nathalie Bonin through the generous support of The Canada Council for the Arts 

First perfomance on November 24, 2018 by the Molinari String Quartet at Salle Gesù, Montreal, Canada

Duration is approximately 16 minutes

Recorded and released on Pivotal Arc (Whirlwind Recordings, 2020) by the Molinari String Quartet (Olga Ranzenhofer, Antoine Bareil, Frédéric Lambert, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette)

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Productions

Commissioned by the Molinari String Quartet, through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the String Quartet was initially conceived as a work to be performed alongside Nachoff’s Violin Concerto (2018). Each of the four movements is a miniature concerto for each member of the quartet. The first movement features Violin II, the probing second movement showcases the Viola, the vacillating third movement is for the Cello and the intense final movement is for Violin I. It represents some of Nachoff’s most intricate writing to date, allowing him to explore his deep attachment to the tradition and his engagement with contemporary iterations.

With a strong sense of rhythmic vitality, subtle and tangential jazz influences permeate the work. The pizzicato solo cello in the third movement is reminiscent of an improvised bass solo. Interlocking rhythmic figures in the fourth movement at times bring to mind the counterpoint of a drumset. Quarter tones are woven into the melodic vocabulary of the work as a means of expression and dimensional shifting and at numerous times overtones and glissandi are used to generate textures that lean towards electronica. The theme of the individual and their relationship and responsibilities to the group are explored in different ways in each movement.

String Quartet was premiered in 2018 at Salle Gesù, Montréal, by the Molinari String Quartet and can be heard on Pivotal Arc (2020) on Whirlwind Recordings.

Flux, Path of Totality (2019)

This project was made possible through the generous support of The Canada Council for the Arts


The photograph used in this video is part of ‘Touch Base, arctic solargraphy’ a global collaboration between visual artist Udo Prinsen and approximately 25 scientists working at field research locations on, around and above the Arctic Circle. They helped capture the mystique of the environment with pinhole cameras on long-exposures.
Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada)
In collaboration with Dr. George Tanski

Le photographe utilise dans ce video font partie de ‘Touch Base, arctic solargraphy’ une collaboration mondiale entre l’artiste visuel Udo Prinsen et environ 25 scientifiques travaillant sur le terrain, sur le cercle arctique et autour et au-dessus de cercle arctique. Ils ont aidé à capturer la mystique de l’environnement avec des appareils photo à sténopé lors de longues expositions.
Qikiqtaruk (île Herschel, Yukon, Canada)
En collaboration avec le Dr George Tanski

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