Title: Elegia
Commission: 2015
Completed: 2018
Instrumentation: string quartet
Premiere Location: Miami Beach FL
Premiere Ensemble: Amernet Quartet
Notes:

Cuban born composer Ileana Perez Velazquez lives in upstate NY and is a Professor of Music Composition at Williams College, MA. The New York Times has praised the “imaginative strength and musical consistency” and the “otherworldly quality” of her compositions. Her music has been featured regularly in numerous international festivals and concerts around the world. She has written music premiered by Continuum Ensemble New York, Dal Niente Ensemble, Flux and Momenta quartets, Miranda Cuckson and NUNC, the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, and performed by the American Composer Orchestra Chamber Players, League of Composers NYC, and Sequitur among others. Albany Records, Innova, and Urlicht Audiovisual have released recordings of her music.