Wilfrido Terrazas, the composer, is a flutist, improviser, composer, and educator whose work explores the borderlands between improvisation, musical notation, and collective creation.
Recording & Production
The album was made possible thanks to a fellowship from the Hellman Fellows Fund.
Album & Artwork
The album, "The Torres Cycle," is subtitled "A Music Ritual for the Seven Cardinal Directions."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Wilfrido Terrazas intends for the cardinal directions to draw reciprocal movements across time and space, creating new media for social connection.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album is dedicated to those who seek sanctuary, reconciliation, and their place in the universe.
Composition History
The album features seven pieces, composed between 2014 and 2021, each representing a cardinal direction or a central totem.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Wilfrido Terrazas, indigenous epistemologies and practices disturb directional power relations embedded in the cardinal points, drawing inspiration from traditions like the Mesoamerican Salutation to the Four Directions.
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