Inga Chinilina, winner of FNMC’s 2024 Composition Competition in the solo flute category, joins us today to discuss her winning piece, “Learning to Love America” and how she weaves immigrant experiences into her works. She also explains her PhD research, which wrestles with the inherent solitude in personal listening and the limits of human perception. She is a composer who seeks first and foremost to translate her experiences into sounds, and urges potential collaborating performers to ask for everything they want in a commissioned piece! 

https://chinilina.com/

Chinilina, Salt Soaked: https://chinilina.com/salt

Alejandro Escuer: https://alejandroescuer.com/

Tristan Barton: https://www.tristanbartonmusic.com/

Rose Hegele: https://www.rosehegele.com/

Khovanshchina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khovanshchina