filament

nonlinear interface

butterfly effect, mvmt 2

Flautist and composer Natacha Diels was born in Los Angeles in 1981 and spent most of her childhood in New Mexico. She holds a BM in flute performance from NYU, and a MPS from the ITP program at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. In 2002 Natacha founded the new music group Ensemble Pamplemousse (inc. 2004), with the purpose of commissioning and performing border-breaking works for chamber ensemble. Her recent performance endeavors include collaboration with Jessie Marino in the performance duo On Structure (exploring symbiotic relationships); flautist of Red Light New Music (virtuosic avant-garde chamber music); and Tall Brown Boots (improvisation with a theatrical edge). Natacha has participated as a performer and composer in new music and art festivals worldwide, including Ostrava Days, Soaring Gardens, Seedlot, Harold Arts, and summer school at STEIM. She is dedicated to helping others along the path of learning to incorporate technology and music, and has taught workshops in the subject at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Montessori School of Raleigh; the Upper Catskill Community Center for the Arts; Redux Arts Center; and Hartwick College. Natacha maintains a long-standing passion for electroacoustic chamber works, and occasionally composes pieces and builds toys for Pamplemousse. She frequently collaborates with composers to assist in the realization of the electronic component of their compositions, using whatever analog and digital tools are most well-suited for the project. Recent activities include the construction of super-instruments for Pamplemousse (internal amplification and processing systems for each instrument, allowing the full range of sound to be dissected and manipulated); production on the most recent Pamplemousse album “BLOCKS”, a series of works designed to be continually combined and re-combined into new compositional structures; and completion of Symbiosis I, for tape and lasers.

www.natachapop.com