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English
Anaïs Maviel is a vocalist, percussionist, composer, writer and community facilitator. 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, Daria Faïn, Shelley Hirsh, César Alvarez, Steffani Jemison - to give a sense of her eclectic company. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to large ensembles, music direction of cross-disciplinary works, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. She performs and teaches 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 is the 2019 recipient of the Van Lier Fellowship which allows her to further develop her composition language for voice and mixed ensemble, premiering new works at Roulette Intermedium in New York City.
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 et elle a reçu la Van Lier Fellowship 2019, lui permettant de développer son langage de composition pour voix et ensemble mixte, et présenter son travail à Roulette Intermedium à New York.
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, César Alvarez, La Bomba de Tiempo, Mara Rosenbloom, 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, Mara Rosenbloom, La Bomba de Tiempo, Daria Faïn, 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 and community facilitator. 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 practice 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, Daria Faïn, César Alvarez, Larkin Grimm, Shelley Hirsch, Mara Rosenbloom, Melanie Maar & La Bomba de Tiempo - to give a sense of her eclectic company. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to large ensembles, music direction for cross-disciplinary works, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. She performs extensively in New York, as well as in North, Central & South America and Europe, and she is the 2019 recipient of the Van Lier Fellowship which allows her to further develop her composition language for voice and mixed ensemble, premiering new works at Roulette Intermedium in New York City.Her solo debut hOULe, out on Gold Bolus Recordings, received international acclaim and she recently released an eponymous album with carnivalesque duo DIASPORA.
With a Masters Degree in Aesthetics (Literature, Arts & Contemporary Though - Paris VII Diderot University), she focused her scholarly works on Afrocentric paradigms of Creative Music as utopian alternative politics. Anaïs Maviel pursues essay and poetic writings as part of her artistic inquiry and published a recent article in French magazine Revue et Corrigée, interviewed by bassist and collaborator Maxim Petit about the stakes of multiculturalism in contemporary music.
Recent achievements also include:
Co-Music Director for NOISE, a new musical by César Alvarez (Public Theater, NYC, 2018)
Full length work Metadire premiered by Cross Times (Roulette, NYC, 2018)
DIáSPORA eponymous album release on São Paulo based label Hérnia de Discos as the culmination of a South, Central & North America tour in partnership with Chiquita Magic (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, United States, Canada, 2017-2018)
Composer, Music Director & Performer for "Mayday Heyday Parfait" in collaboration with the Commons Choir, Daria Faïn, Robert Kocik & Darius Jones (BRIC, 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.
Inspired by Edouard Glissant's reflections on Creolization, she has associated her practice 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, Daria Faïn, César Alvarez, Larkin Grimm, Shelley Hirsch, Mara Rosenbloom, Melanie Maar & La Bomba de Tiempo - to give a sense of her eclectic company. As a leader she is dedicated to substantial creations from solo to large ensembles, music direction for cross-disciplinary works, and to expanding the power of music as a healing & transformative act. She performs extensively in New York, as well as in North, Central & South America and Europe, and she is the 2019 recipient of the Van Lier Fellowship which allows her to further develop her composition language for voice and mixed ensemble, premiering new works at Roulette Intermedium in New York City.Her solo debut hOULe, out on Gold Bolus Recordings, received international acclaim and she recently released an eponymous album with carnivalesque duo DIASPORA.
With a Masters Degree in Aesthetics (Literature, Arts & Contemporary Though - Paris VII Diderot University), she focused her scholarly works on Afrocentric paradigms of Creative Music as utopian alternative politics. Anaïs Maviel pursues essay and poetic writings as part of her artistic inquiry and published a recent article in French magazine Revue et Corrigée, interviewed by bassist and collaborator Maxim Petit about the stakes of multiculturalism in contemporary music.
Recent achievements also include:
Co-Music Director for NOISE, a new musical by César Alvarez (Public Theater, NYC, 2018)
Full length work Metadire premiered by Cross Times (Roulette, NYC, 2018)
DIáSPORA eponymous album release on São Paulo based label Hérnia de Discos as the culmination of a South, Central & North America tour in partnership with Chiquita Magic (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, United States, Canada, 2017-2018)
Composer, Music Director & Performer for "Mayday Heyday Parfait" in collaboration with the Commons Choir, Daria Faïn, Robert Kocik & Darius Jones (BRIC, 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.
