Flutist Claire Chase, described as “the young star of the modern flute” by The New Yorker, is a soloist, collaborative artist, and activist for new music. Over the past decade she has given the world premieres of over 100 new works for flute, many of them tailor-made for her, and, in 2012, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Chase co-founded the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in 2001 and, in collaboration with her creative partner Joshua Rubin, serves as the organization’s Co-Artistic Director in addition to playing over fifty concerts a year as an ensemble member. She has performed throughout the US, Europe, Asia and the Americas, and recently began Density 2036, a 23-year project to commission a new body of repertory for the flute leading up to the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s “Density 21.5” (1936). She lives in Brooklyn.
 
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