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Vijay Iyer
Zany, Cute, Interesting
| Subtitle | for solo violin |
|---|---|
| Year(s) composed | 2016 |
| Publisher | Schott Music |
| Duration | 3' |
| Premiere | May 24, 2016; National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY; Jennifer Koh, violin |
| Commission | Commissioned by Jennifer Koh with the generous support of Justus Schlichting to whom this music is dedicated |
| Composer note | My piece is titled “Zany, Cute, Interesting.” It’s inspired by the literary theorist Sianne Ngai, whose book Our Aesthetic Categories explores what she calls “weak aesthetics” – our ambivalent or antithetical responses to contemporary culture and commodities: playfulness and desperation, tenderness and aggression, stimulation and boredom. This composition stages a violin performance that might support a similar range of reactions, offering an ambivalence around the notion of virtuosity. – Vijay Iyer |