Aaron Israel Levin's "Videogame Vespers" | New Music New Haven

"Videogame Vespers", composed by Aaron Israel Levin '27DMA, features violinist Albert Steinberger '24MMA and was performed during the New Music New Haven concert on February 9, 2023.

Program notes from the composer:

"The world of classical music is a lot like a video game. As a performer, you start at level one; as the music becomes more and more challenging, you start to level up; winning a competition or an audition feels like conquering a final level boss in a video game; in the virtual world of games, losing often means losing a life. The stakes of performance are different, but the feeling of loss is equally crushing. For me, these symmetries offer a potent metaphor for the ambition that we have as artists, the pressures we -- and this industry -- put on ourselves, and the pain of disappointment. In a video game, satisfaction is short-lived, and there is a constant drive for further improvement. Classical music is a discipline propelled by this same perfectionism. 'Videogame Vespers' puts violin virtuosity and video game violence in conversation with one another in order to examine the mastery and finesse of performance, as well as its frailties."

Lean more about Aaron and his work at http://www.aaronisraellevin.com/

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