Marina Kifferstein

fluid grace and confidence." - The Boston Globe, listing TAK's album "Ecstatic Music" in the Top 10 Classical Albums of 2016 "Marina Kifferstein showcases a broad vocabulary, tuneful and noisy and often both simultaneously... Kiffersteins bowing can be a polyphonic whirling hall of knives, a swarm of bees, a woody and guttural squall... sometimes u... nveiling rustic or bittersweet tunes" - Harmonic Series , album review of Open Improvisations "My first encounter with TAK Ensemble quite took my breath away... This intrepid quintet... impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity and, well, just a dash of IDGAF as they slay the thorniest material like its nothing... As titillating and irresistible a band as we have on the new music scene today." - WQXR, Q2 Music MARINA KIFFERSTEIN is a violinist, composer, and educator based in NYC. Equally comfortable in major international venues and DIY spaces, she enjoys a multifaceted career with a focus on contemporary chamber music. She is a founding member of TAK ensemble and The Rhythm Method string quartet , and has performed across the US and internationally with these groups as well as with ensembles including the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Talea, Wet Ink, Signal, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Ensemble of Lucerne Festival Alumni, and others. A strong supporter of new music, Marina has performed and commissioned an extensive repertoire of music by living composers. She has worked closely with 20th century masters such as Helmut Lachenmann and the late Pierre Boulez, as well as a multitude of composers ranging from early career to highly acclaimed; as a soloist and chamber musician, she has premiered hundreds of new works. Her own compositions have been performed across the U.S. and Europe. She is also an avid improviser, and has collaborated with musicians including Brandon Lopez, Weston Olencki, Austin Wulliman, Nina Dante, and xbucket (her electronic noise project with Sam Tarakajian and Alex Van Gils). She is a ...Read More