Judd Greenstein
Alice and Michi
Description: MICHI WIANCKO is a composer, arranger and violinist whose work has been performed by ensembles, bands and orchestras around the world. Her new album Planetary Candidate will be released Sept 18, 2020 on New Amsterdam Records.
Adult Swim Singles announces a new song by renowned violinist, composer, and electro-acoustic artist Kono Michi (aka. Michi Wiancko), described by The Strad magazine as “intriguing and exquisitely beautiful - music that breaks through the pop classical barrier.” Meaning “This Path” in Japanese, Kono Michi draws inspiration and power from her perspective as a multi-racial artist. Kono Michi’s single, “Meditation on a Century Plant,” expands on her 2020 album Planetary Candidate (released on New Amsterdam Rec
Announcing Planetary Candidate , an album of bold new compositions for solo violin from Michi Wiancko, “an alluring soloist with heightened expressive and violinistic gifts” (Gramophone Magazine) whose compositions have been described as “silvery and evocative” (The New Yorker). This project documents her journey as a violinist allowing her to “manifest and passionately inhabit a multitude of musical worlds.” Through this set of spectacular new works for violin, Wiancko celebrates her nearly four-decade re
Photo credits (here and top portrait): Anja Schütz
Judd Greenstein
Alice and Michi