Marina Kifferstein
{{Short description|American violinist, composer, improviser, and educator}}
Marina Kifferstein (born July 19, 1989) is a violinist, composer, improviser, and educator based in New York City. She is a member of contemporary classical quintet TAK ensemble, The Rhythm Method string quartet, and electronic noise project xbucket.{{Cite web|title=About|url=http://www.marinakifferstein.com/about.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=www.marinakifferstein.com|language=en}}
Education
Born and raised in Manhattan, Kifferstein attended New York City's School for Strings and went on to major in both violin performance and English as part of Oberlin College and Conservatory's double degree program, where she studied with violinist Milan Vitek. She continued her studies at Manhattan School of Music's Contemporary Performance Program, studying with Laurie Smukler and Curtis Macomber.{{Cite web|title=New Sounds {{!}} Hand-picked music, genre free|url=https://www.newsounds.org/people/marina-kifferstein/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=newsounds|language=en}} She is currently pursuing a doctorate of Musical Arts at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
Career
In 2013 Kifferstein co-founded TAK ensemble,{{Cite web|title=TAK|url=http://www.takensemble.com/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=TAK|language=en-US}} a contemporary quintet based in New York City, where she also co-founded The Rhythm Method, an experimental string quartet, in 2014.{{Cite web|title=The Rhythm Method|url=http://www.therhythmmethod.nyc/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=The Rhythm Method|language=en-US}} She is a frequent guest with ensembles such as the International Contemporary Ensemble,{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Susan|title=International Contemporary Ensemble – Berkshire Fine Arts|url=https://www.berkshirefinearts.com/07-27-2019_international-contemporary-ensemble-grace-mostly-mozart.htm|access-date=2021-01-21|website=www.berkshirefinearts.com}} Talea Ensemble,{{Cite web|title=TALEA Ensemble|url=https://timespans.org/concert/talea-ensemble-7/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=TIME:SPANS|language=en-US}} Wet Ink Ensemble,{{Cite web|date=2017-10-20|title=The Wet Ink Large Ensemble plays Columbia Composers|url=https://cmc.music.columbia.edu/events/the-wet-ink-large-ensemble-plays-columbia-composers|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Computer Music Center|language=en}} Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Ensemble of Lucerne Festival Alumni.
As a writer, Kifferstein has contributed to I Care If You Listen{{Cite web|last=Kifferstein|first=Marina|title=Marina Kifferstein, Author at I CARE IF YOU LISTEN|url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/author/marina/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=I CARE IF YOU LISTEN|language=en-US}}, Wet Ink Ensemble's Wet Ink Archive,{{Cite web|title=Archive 03 – Future Visions {{!}} Wet Ink Archive|url=https://archive.wetink.org/archive-03/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=archive.wetink.org|language=en}} and Q2 Music.{{Cite web|title=Dedicated Proponent of Music for Cello Goes All New in 'Crossings' {{!}} Q2 Music Featured Album|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/dedicated-proponent-music-cello-goes-all-new-crossings|access-date=2021-01-21|website=WQXR|date=3 February 2015 |language=en}}
Kifferstein teaches at the United Nations International School{{Cite web|title=Marina Kifferstein|url=https://unismusicprogram.pike13.com/staff_members/5877402-marina-kifferstein#/list?dt=2021-01-21<=staff|access-date=2021-01-21|website=unismusicprogram.pike13.com}} and is on faculty at The Composers Conference summer festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.composersconference.org/composers/marina-kifferstein/|title=Marina Kifferstein Violin|access-date=2021-01-21|website=composersconference.org}}
Discography
- Ecstatic Music: TAK play Brook (New Focus Records, 2016)
- Chance Monsoon – Dai Fujikura (Minabel, 2017)
- Torrent – Wet Ink Ensemble (Sound American, 2017)
- Sanctuary (Denovali, 2018)
- Wet Ink: 20 – Wet Ink Ensemble (Carrier Records, 2018)
- The Rhythm Method: A Very Wandelweiser Christmas Vol. I (Self-released, 2018)
- Oor (TAK editions, 2019)
- Ghost Layers (New Focus Records, 2020)
- Open Improvisations (Self-released, 2020)
- The Rhythm Method: A Very Wandelweiser Christmas Vol. II (Self-released, 2020)
- Terrain – Jacob Cooper (New Amsterdam, 2020)
- A Few Concerns – Meaghan Burke (Self-released, 2021)
- Star Maker Fragments (TAK editions, 2021)
References
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Category:People from Manhattan
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Category:American classical violists
Category:American women violists
Category:American women music educators
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Category:21st-century American composers