English
Anaïs Maviel is a vocalist, percussionist, composer, educator, writer and community organizer. Her work focuses on the function of music as essential to settling common grounds, addressing Relation, and creating utopian future. Involved at the crossroads of mediums - music, visual art, dance, theater and performance art - she has been an in-demand creative force for artists such as William Parker, Steffani Jemison, César Alvarez, Jennifer Lacey, to name a few. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to music direction of large ensembles such as the Commons Choir, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. She performs extensively in New York, throughout North, South & Central America, and Europe. Her solo debut hOULe, out on NY based Gold Bolus Recordings, received international acclaim and she just released an eponymous album with free pop duo DIASPORA.
Français
Anaïs Maviel est vocaliste, percussionniste, compositrice, éducatrice, écrivaine et agitatrice. Son travail se concentre sur la fonction de la musique comprise comme essentielle à l'établissement de terrains communs, à l'approche de la Relation, et à la création de futurs utopiques. Impliquée au carrefour des médiums - musique, arts visuels, danse, théâtre et performance - elle est une force créative précieuse pour des artistes et ensembles tels que William Parker, Steffani Jemison, César Alvarez, Jennifer Lacey, pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns. En tant que leader, elle se consacre à des créations substantielles, du solo à la direction musicale de grands ensembles tels que The Commons Choir, et à l'expansion du pouvoir de la musique comme acte de guérison et de transformation. Elle se produit abondamment à New York, en Amérique du Nord, du Sud et centrale ainsi qu'en Europe. Son premier album solo, sorti sur Gold Bolus Recordings, a été salué par la critique internationale et un second album éponyme est récemment sorti avec le duo free pop DIASPORA.
Español
Anaïs Maviel es vocalista, percusionista, compositora, directora musical, educadora, curadora y curandera. Su trabajo se centra en la función de la música entendida como esencial para el establecimiento de bases comunes, el enfoque de la relación y la creación del futuro utópico. Involucrada en la encrucijada de los médiums: música, artes visuales, danza, teatro y performance, es una valiosa fuerza creativa para artistas y colectivos como William Parker, Steffani Jemison, La Bomba de Tiempo, The Commons Choir, por nombrar algunos. Como líder, se dedica a creaciones sustanciales, desde el solo a ensembles largos, y a la expansión del poder de la música como un acto de curación y transformación. Ocurre extensamente en Nueva York, Norte, Sur, Centroamérica y Europa. Su primer álbum en solitario, publicado en Gold Bolus Recordings, ha sido aclamado por la crítica internacional.
Português
Anaïs Maviel é cantora, percussionista, compositora, diretora musical, professora, curadora e curandeira. Seu trabalho está focado na função da música como algo essencial para o encontro de idéias em comum, relações e criação de um futuro utópico. Envolvida no cruzamento dos meios - música, artes visuais, dança, teatro e performance, ela se converteu em uma força criativa preciosa para artistas e conjuntos como William Parker, Steffani Jemison, La Bomba de Tiempo, The Commons Choir, entre outros. Está dedicada a criações substanciais desde solista até grandes ensembles e a expandir o poder da música como um ato de cura e transformação. Ela atua extensivamente em Nova York, em todo Norte, Sul e América Central e na Europa. Sua estréia como solista ‘hOULe’, pela Gold Bolus Recordings, recebeu reconhecimento internacional.
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Anaïs Maviel is a vocalist, percussionist, composer, music director, educator, curator and healer. Her work focuses on the function of music as essential to settling common grounds, addressing Relation, and creating utopian future.
Inspired by Edouard Glissant's reflections on Creolization, she has associated her work with the inextricable currents that move spaces and people between times and lands. The contemporary context of re-formulation of self, reality and social structures led her to question the use of language, and to explore its vibratory essence in music. Involved at the crossroads of mediums - music, visual art, dance, theater and performance art - she has been an in-demand creative force for artists such as William Parker, Steffani Jemison, Wally Cardona, Larkin Grimm, Shelley Hirsh, Mara Rosenbloom, Jonathan Bepler, Jawole Zollar & La Bomba de Tiempo, to name a few. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to music direction for large ensembles, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. Her path has led her to share her music extensively in New York, as well as in multiple places throughout North, Central & South America, Europe and Haiti. Her solo debut hOULe, out on Gold Bolus Recordings, received international acclaim.
Recent achievements include:
Full length work Metadire premiered by Cross Times at Roulette, NYC
DIáSPORA eponymous album release on São Paulo based label Hérnia de Discos
Sound creation in Melanie Maar's Line Death Dance residency at the Chocolate Factory with Lindsay Packer
South, Central & North America tour in partnership with Chiquita Magic (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, United States, Canada)
Composer, Music Director & Performer for "Mayday Heyday Parfait", (Daria Faïn / Robert Kocik / Darius Jones) BRIC, NYC, 2017
Composer & Music Director for "Good Blood", (Diane Exavier / Lilleth Glimcher), Brown Theater, NYC, 2017
Composer & Performer for solo & ensemble works at Issue Project Room, Pioneer Works, City Winery, the Flea Theater, C.G. Jung Institute, Museum of the City of New York, Vision Festival, Northside Festival, Red Hook Jazz Festival - NYC, 2017, Konex (Buenos Aires, AR, 2017), Centro Da Terra (São Paulo, BR, 2017), Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Lima, PER, 2018), Museo del Chopo (Mexico City, 2018).
Staring Vocalist & Instrumentalist for "NOISE", (César Alvarez / Andrew Neisler), Robert Moss Theater, NYC, 2017
Staring Vocalist & Instrumentalist for "Seeds", (Marlies Yearby / Cooper-Moore), Symphony Space, NYC, 2017
Lectures & Master Classes at UNILAB - University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (Redenção, BR) & MAMAM - Museum of Modern Art Aloísio Magalhães (Recife, BR) 2017, Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Lima, PER, 2018)
Composer, Music Director & Performer for Urban Bush Women's Summer Leadership Institute "Undoing Racism" final performance, Kumble Theater, NYC, 2016.
With a Masters Degree in Aesthetics (Literature, Arts & Contemporary Though - Paris VII Diderot University), she focused her research on Afrocentric paradigms of Creative Music as utopian alternative politics. Her case studies were M-Base collective and the Vision Festival. Formerly she had studied vocal jazz in Paris 9th and 13th district conservatories, singing technique with Claudia Solal and Hélène Sage. Encouraged by mentors Nicole Mitchell, Jen Shyu, and Ernest Dawkins, she first came to NYC to study at School For Improvisational music with Gerald Cleaver, Tom Rainey, Tyshawn Sorey, Kris Davis and Tony Malaby among others.
She is currently touring around the world with duo DIáSPORA, with Chiquita Magic. A futuristic carnival music that transcends status-quo, cross-pollinates complex realities, inspires lucid dreams.
Inspired by Edouard Glissant's reflections on Creolization, she has associated her work with the inextricable currents that move spaces and people between times and lands. The contemporary context of re-formulation of self, reality and social structures led her to question the use of language, and to explore its vibratory essence in music. Involved at the crossroads of mediums - music, visual art, dance, theater and performance art - she has been an in-demand creative force for artists such as William Parker, Steffani Jemison, Wally Cardona, Larkin Grimm, Shelley Hirsh, Mara Rosenbloom, Jonathan Bepler, Jawole Zollar & La Bomba de Tiempo, to name a few. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to music direction for large ensembles, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. Her path has led her to share her music extensively in New York, as well as in multiple places throughout North, Central & South America, Europe and Haiti. Her solo debut hOULe, out on Gold Bolus Recordings, received international acclaim.
Recent achievements include:
Full length work Metadire premiered by Cross Times at Roulette, NYC
DIáSPORA eponymous album release on São Paulo based label Hérnia de Discos
Sound creation in Melanie Maar's Line Death Dance residency at the Chocolate Factory with Lindsay Packer
South, Central & North America tour in partnership with Chiquita Magic (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, United States, Canada)
Composer, Music Director & Performer for "Mayday Heyday Parfait", (Daria Faïn / Robert Kocik / Darius Jones) BRIC, NYC, 2017
Composer & Music Director for "Good Blood", (Diane Exavier / Lilleth Glimcher), Brown Theater, NYC, 2017
Composer & Performer for solo & ensemble works at Issue Project Room, Pioneer Works, City Winery, the Flea Theater, C.G. Jung Institute, Museum of the City of New York, Vision Festival, Northside Festival, Red Hook Jazz Festival - NYC, 2017, Konex (Buenos Aires, AR, 2017), Centro Da Terra (São Paulo, BR, 2017), Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Lima, PER, 2018), Museo del Chopo (Mexico City, 2018).
Staring Vocalist & Instrumentalist for "NOISE", (César Alvarez / Andrew Neisler), Robert Moss Theater, NYC, 2017
Staring Vocalist & Instrumentalist for "Seeds", (Marlies Yearby / Cooper-Moore), Symphony Space, NYC, 2017
Lectures & Master Classes at UNILAB - University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (Redenção, BR) & MAMAM - Museum of Modern Art Aloísio Magalhães (Recife, BR) 2017, Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Lima, PER, 2018)
Composer, Music Director & Performer for Urban Bush Women's Summer Leadership Institute "Undoing Racism" final performance, Kumble Theater, NYC, 2016.
With a Masters Degree in Aesthetics (Literature, Arts & Contemporary Though - Paris VII Diderot University), she focused her research on Afrocentric paradigms of Creative Music as utopian alternative politics. Her case studies were M-Base collective and the Vision Festival. Formerly she had studied vocal jazz in Paris 9th and 13th district conservatories, singing technique with Claudia Solal and Hélène Sage. Encouraged by mentors Nicole Mitchell, Jen Shyu, and Ernest Dawkins, she first came to NYC to study at School For Improvisational music with Gerald Cleaver, Tom Rainey, Tyshawn Sorey, Kris Davis and Tony Malaby among others.
She is currently touring around the world with duo DIáSPORA, with Chiquita Magic. A futuristic carnival music that transcends status-quo, cross-pollinates complex realities, inspires lucid dreams.