March 9, 2023
by Les Roka
For Parallel Play, which will receive its world premiere at the March 12 concert of NOVA Chamber Music Series, composer Miguel Chuaqui says he is playing with the complexities of his background and musical influences. He was born in Berkeley, California to a Chilean father and an American mother. He spent his formative years in Santiago and has been living in the U.S. for many years. A program note also emphasizes what he said in an interview last fall with The Utah Review, “I hold dual citizenship and I can claim musical influences from both the U.S. and Chile, but I often find myself expected to become an American composer in Chile and a Chilean composer in the U.S.”
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