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Called “intense” with “a sense of true dramatic stakes” by The New York Times, the “raw, scraping yet soaring” (The Washington Post) music of NY-based composer inti figgis-vizueta (b. 1993) captures the sound of the magically real, braiding a childhood of overlapping immigrant communities and Black-founded Freedom schools—in Chocolate City (DC)—with direct Andean & Irish heritage and a deep connection to the land. She is the recipient of the 2023 Lotos Foundation Prize for the Arts and Sciences, the National Sawdust Hildegard Award, The ASCAP Foundation Fred Ho Award, and fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the American Composers Orchestra. Upcoming 23-24' commissions include a piano concerto for Conrad Tao & the Cincinnati Symphony, conducted by Matthias Pintscher; ensemble works for Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, Roomful of Teeth, New World Symphony, Ensemble Reflektor, and string quartets for the Kronos Quartet, Cramer Quartet, and The Rhythm Method. ​

ella joklik, 2022

Sophia Hegewald, 2023

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Called “intense” with “a sense of true dramatic stakes” by The New York Times, the “raw, scraping yet soaring” (The Washington Post) music of NY-based composer inti figgis-vizueta (b. 1993) captures the sound of the magically real, braiding a childhood of overlapping immigrant communities and Black-founded Freedom schools—in Chocolate City (DC)—with direct Andean & Irish heritage and a deep connection to the land. She is the recipient of the 2023 Lotos Foundation Prize for the Arts and Sciences, the National Sawdust Hildegard Award, The ASCAP Foundation Fred Ho Award, and fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the American Composers Orchestra. Upcoming 23-24' commissions include a piano concerto for Conrad Tao & the Cincinnati Symphony, conducted by Matthias Pintscher; ensemble works for Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, Roomful of Teeth, New World Symphony, Ensemble Reflektor, and string quartets for the Kronos Quartet, Cramer Quartet, and The Rhythm Method. ​

inti studied with Marcos Balter, Felipe Lara, George Lewis, and Donnacha Dennehy. She received mentorship from Angélica Negrón, Andrew Norman, Tania León, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Gavilán Rayna Russom.
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inti honors her Quechua bisabuela, who was the only woman butcher on the whole plaza central and used to fight men with a machete.​ inti is committed to creating and supporting trans and Indigenous futures through her work and advocacy. ​

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