Paola Prestini
Visionary composer (and co-founder of new music incubator National Sawdust) Paola Prestini talks with WGTE's Mary Claire Murphy about the just-released recording of her opera "Edward Tulane," based on the novel "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo.
Paola Prestini's newly recorded opera Edward Tulane is a charming story about a porcelain rabbit who begins his journey with a little bit of hubris. There’s something about the visible physical fragility that we were all reminded of over the last few years that hits incredibly close to home in the work.
talian-American composer Paola Prestini will join artists such as Conor Hanick, Dan Tepfer, Jeffrey Zeigler, and Sandbox Percussion on the Blu Ocean Arts' roster.
“Houses of Zodiac” is "one of the greatest and most ambitious solo cello albums of all time."
Definir el trabajo de Paola Prestini no es tarea fácil, pues sus obras han posicionado un nicho antes no explorado a profundidad: el uso de inteligencia artificial para composiciones de música clásica.
The mingling of New York’s contemporary artists with the epigrammatic texts of Cavafy’s poetry, sometimes stern, sometimes sensual, makes for striking results.
Paola Prestini has brought together a new set of creators for the festival. They have thoughtfully engaged with his writing, resulting in works that take as their collective point of departure Cavafy’s self-assessment as “an ultramodern poet, a poet of the future generations.
"... prolific international composer Paola Prestini brings a work-in-progress preview of her new opera to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts' Hunter Center for an excerpted performance and conversation with the creative team."
In celebration of International Women’s Day, two music artists discuss process and performing at the United Nations
“Me siento tan emocionada. La verdad que es un momento muy especial. Es un arco de ser, como esos 25 años de luchar como mujer, como activista y llegar con una silla en la mesa, es una cosa increíble."
Sensorium Ex, an opera by Paola Prestini and Brenda Shaughnessy set to premiere at the PROTOTYPE Festival during the 2024–2025 season, has collaborated with Enact:Lab outside Copenhagen and AI researchers
On November 17, 2022, Artscape Theater in Cape Town, South Africa, will begin its workshop for composer Paola Prestini’s developing opera “Sensorium Ex.”
Composer Paola Prestini and librettist Mark Campbell have adapted Minneapolis author Kate DiCamillo's book for young readers — "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" — into a tender tale about keeping a soft heart in a hard world.
The Minnesota Opera tapped Paola Prestini to scribe the score. The New York-based composer brings an edginess to the production.
Composer Paola Prestini says the pandemic delay of the premiere of “Edward Tulane” was a shock, but the two and a half years passed since it was originally due to open have allowed for it to become a fuller, deeper production.
