Artists

Biography:

Praised as “remarkable” and “superb” by Alex Ross in the New Yorker, Sonnambula is a historically informed ensemble that brings to light unknown music for early instruments with the lush sound of the viol at the core. Sonnambula holds the prestigious position of inaugural ensemble-in-residence at The Frick Collection in New York, where they use their deep understanding of the technique and history of old music to deconstruct and reimagine its artistic possibilities in the present. The ensemble also recently held the position of ensemble in residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the group curated a site-specific series at The Cloisters, praised by Alex Ross in The New Yorker as “remarkable.” Performances and collaborators have included Anonymous 4, Bard Graduate Center, The Boston Early Music Festival, Early Music Texas, The Madison Early Music Festival, PERFORMA, Princeton University, Teju Cole, and many others. The ensemble has a strong commitment to working with museums and in this capacity has worked closely with The Hispanic Society of America in New York to curate a season of music by women with connections to the Iberian Diaspora as well as American premieres of 18th-century Cuban sacred music and Spanish zarzuela. Sonnambula has also been a featured guest at The National Gallery of Art (DC), The Detroit Museum of Arts, The Frick Collection, and other notable American museums. Their award-winning recording of the complete works of 17th-century composer Leonora Duarte was released on Centaur Records and won the American Musicological Society’s Jewish Studies Prize in 2019.