401 N Tamiami Trail
Osprey
FL 34229
“Hermitage Sunsets @ Selby Gardens:
Solo Flute — The Destiny of Density”
with Hermitage Fellow Claire Chase
Presented in partnership with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Claire Chase’s Hermitage Residency generously sponsored by Carole Crosby & Larry Wickless.
Thursday, December 5 at 5:30pm
Historic Spanish Point (entrance at 401 N Tamiami Trail, Osprey, FL 34229)
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Registration is required. $5 per person.
Hermitage Fellow Claire Chase helped launch the inaugural season of “Hermitage Sunsets @ Selby Gardens.” Now as the series celebrates its fifth anniversary, Chase returns to share new work in this immensely popular series. An internationally acclaimed composer and performer, Claire Chase has been described by The New York Times as “the most important flutist of our time.” She is a pioneer in the world of contemporary music with projects such as “Density 2036,” a 24-year commissioning project that aims to reimagine the literature of the modern flute. A MacArthur Fellow and the first ever flutist to receive the Avery Fisher Award from Lincoln Center, Chase also served on the Hermitage’s Curatorial Council. Surrounded by the idyllic beauty of Selby Gardens, don’t miss hearing the latest from this iconic performer in this popular Hermitage’s series.
Hermitage Fellow Claire Chase has been described by The New York Times as “the most important flutist of our time” and as “the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe.” An internationally renowned musician, interdisciplinary artist, and educator, Chase recently concluded her third year as a member of the Hermitage Artist Retreat’s distinguished National Curatorial Council. Passionately dedicated to the creation of new ecosystems for the music of our time, Chase has presented the world premieres of hundreds of new works by a new generation of artists. She was the first flutist to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012, and in 2017 was the first flutist to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize for Classical Music from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Chase was the Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season, only the second time in that organization’s history that the position has been given to a performing artist. Chase has performed recently as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, Munich Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonia, and San Francisco Symphony, where she is a Collaborative Partner with Esa-Pekka Salonen. In the 2022-23 season, Chase debuted a new double concerto by Felipe Lara with the vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding and the conductor Susanna Mälkki; this premiere was named one of the “Best Classical Music Performances of the Year” by The New York Times. Chase’s impressive discography includes eight solo albums of world premiere recordings and dozens of collaborative recordings with ensembles, composers, and sound artists from a wide range of musical genres. In 2013, Chase launched the 24-year commissioning project “Density 2036.” Now in its eleventh year, Density reimagines the solo flute literature over a quarter-century through commissions, performances, recordings, education, and a community-focused approach to cultural production.