Northrop and Liquid Music Present
inti figgis-vizueta: Music for Transitions
With Rothko String Quartet, Andrew Yee and Aaron David Miller
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m.
2026-27 Northrop Season
Embark upon an “arresting … sparse, beautiful” (NPR Classical) sensory journey through form and identity in this Liquid Music | Northrop Series performance. Composer inti figgis-vizueta presents her 2026 debut record “Music for Transitions” with an evening communing the virtuosity of Grammy Award-winning cellist Andrew Yee; the hypnotic luminosity of Germany-based Rothko String Quartet (RSQ) in their Minnesota debut; and the radiant mastery of organist Aaron David Miller on the historic Northrop pipe organ.
This moving, genre-dissolving program opens with “wayra” (wind), a work originally commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, performed by Miller and demonstrating the improvisational flexibility of the Aeolian-Skinner organ. “Music for Transitions,” which will be performed in full at this concert, includes several compositions for Yee and Rothko String Quartet and explores Indigenous heritage and trans identity through organic, ecstatic soundscapes. The title track, originally written for four cellos, premiered in 2020 multitracked entirely by Yee. Recurring themes of land, wind, rivers and cosmology are framed by constant musical transformation throughout.
An “ever-intriguing, rising new music star” (LA Times), whose work brings “a sense of true dramatic stakes” (The New York Times), composer inti figgis-vizueta crafts magically real music through the lens of personal identity. Her compositions braid together a childhood in the immigrant communities and Black-founded Freedom Schools of Washington, D.C. with her direct Andean and Irish heritage, weaving complex historical aesthetics with trans and Indigenous futures.
Top image: Andrew Yee, inti figgis-vizueta and Rothko String Quartet at PODIUM Festival Esslingen. Photo by Diana Lim.
Related Links, Quotes & Reviews
inti figgis-vizueta
“Ever-intriguing, rising new music star.” — Los Angeles Times
“Attractively opens up the transitional space between the material and immaterial.” — The Strad Magazine
“[inti's] music feels sprouted between structures, liberated from certainty and wrought from a language we’d do well to learn.” — The Washington Post
“There continues to be nothing but promise in the emerging inti figgis-vizueta.” — The New York Times
Andrew Yee, cello
“Spellbindingly virtuosic.” — London Telegraph
Rothko String Quartet
“Deeply moving passages of exquisite beauty and powerful outbursts.” — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Aesthetically beautiful.” — Pamina Magazine
Aaron David Miller
“Aaron possesses a composer’s insight to understanding music.” — The American Organist Magazine
“Courageous improvisations with flair.” — MPR
“Aaron turned the organ into an audible color wheel as he improvised.” — Los Angeles Times
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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
About the Liquid Music | Northrop Series
Expand your idea of how music flows through contemporary dance, film and beyond. The Liquid Music | Northrop Series brings boundary-pushing works to the Northrop stage. Immerse yourself in these dynamic performances from exceptional collaborations.
