Rosario Armas: Arias Florentinas & Canciones de la Muerte
Irreverence Group Music [IGM] presents the debut studio album of Mexican mezzo-soprano Rosario Armas, accompanied by her husband, Cuban pianist Ahmed Alom, set to be released on November 1st (Día de los Muertos). The album features the premiere recordings of two song cycles by minimalist composer Julián De La Chica: Arias Florentinas, Op. 15 and Canciones de la Muerte, Op. 20 (2024), the latter dedicated to Armas.
Listening to Canciones de la Muerte, Op. 20, No. 4: Quietud
Briana Hunter: Dispersed and Transcendental Chants
Irreverence Group Music (IGM) presents the debut studio album by opera singer Briana Hunter, Dispersed and Transcendental Chants, Op. 18. Commissioned by Hunter and composed by Julián De La Chica, this song cycle consists of 10 chants, a prelude, and a postlude, drawing inspiration from the rich cultural, religious, and spiritual traditions of the African diaspora. It invites listeners on a journey through the singer’s self-discovery, viewed through the lens of culture and lineage.
Listening to Chant 8: The Word
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De La Chica: Symphony 1
“The results are dark and hypnotic, evocative, sometimes cinematic. The four cycles (De La Chica avoids the term “movements”) work as a whole, but there’s no apparent narrative through line. Oddly, the one redemptive moment comes in the second cycle, which creates a fascinatingly discomfiting false promise. As music for a time of isolation, it works spectacularly well. As a musical offering of hope, somewhat less so.” — Kurt Gottschalk
De La Chica: Poemas de Bar
“Poemas de Bar is at the same time a cycle of deceptive simplicity. Each song suggests the bare outlines of a complex scenario of relationships, layers of memory filtered through the straightforward poetry. Musically, De La Chica knows how to use space and the weight of silence to load the most commonplace chords with aching resonance. Preconceived musical entities like “dissonance” or a jazz riff become sealed in a kind of sonic amber—objects in themselves. — Thomas May
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OnSET Yana MANN
A Film by Julián De La Chica
Brooklyn record label Irreverence Group Music (IGM) takes us behind the scenes with the eclectic classical singer, whom they film for her Carnegie Hall debut.
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Yana Mann (Mezzo) & Arseniy Chubachin (Cello)
German Premiere of De La Chica's Poemas de Bar, Op. 12
December 04, 2024, 8:00 PM
Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin
Tickets & InfoRosario Armas & the WSMF Chamber Orchestra
World Premiere of De La Chica's Canciones de la Muerte, Op. 20
December 08, 2024, 4:00 PM
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, NY.
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About ME
Julián De La Chica
Photo by Stan Ptisin
Praised for his "meditative simplicity" [The New Yorker Magazine] described as "an extraordinarily deep thinker... able to take a listener into mysterious byways using very slender means" [Music Trust], and noted for his "spare and pensive" music [NewSounds], Julián De La Chica is an award—winning Colombian multidisciplinary artist and author (AWA), based in Brooklyn, NY. His influences range from minimalism and post—minimalism to the alternative electronic scene. His work often juxtaposes spiritual reflection with an exploration of humanity’s inner darkness, drawing inspiration from everyday images. His music mixes piano, strings, and classical voices with electronic keyboards and controllers, crossing genres from classical to ambient and electronic music. With a discography that includes six solo albums and over eighteen collaborative projects (between singles and albums), De La Chica’s music has been recorded and performed by artists worldwide and has been featured on Spotify’s Classical New Releases playlist. His work has also premiered at prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall.