Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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TAI CHI ON THE HUDSON for string quartet and animation Short film (2015)
Drawings and direction by Gheorghe Costinescu

Voxare String Quartet: Emily Ondracek-Peterson, violin; Galina Zhdanova, violin; Eric Peterson, viola; Adrian Daurov, cello

The animated images and the written text of this film are based on the free Tai Chi class led by Silvana Pizzuti, part of the Summer on the Hudson Series in New York City, 2014.

After drawing each position of the Yang Long Form which I practiced, I composed music for string quartet to fit the positions, movements, terminology, and (as far as possible) the spirit of this martial art. The work is dedicated to Silvana Pizzuti.


Music published by American Composers Edition (BMI)
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