Musical Conversation: Marc Neikrug & FLUX Quartet
Gain unmatched perspective on the music from musicians and experts in these half-hour pre-concert talks.
Artists
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Marc Neikrug
Composer
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Marc Neikrug has been the Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival since 1998. An internationally renowned pianist, he’s well known for his 35-year partnership with violinist Pinchas Zukerman, which produced highly acclaimed recitals and recordings. Also widely recognized as one of today’s leading composers, Neikrug has had his works performed at the Aspen, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, Schleswig-Holstein, and Tanglewood music festivals, among many others; by the Berlin State Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin; and by ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, and the Atlanta, BBC, Boston, Houston, Jerusalem, Milwaukee, National, Pittsburgh, and Polish National Radio symphony orchestras. He’s served as Composer-in-Residence for Music from Angel Fire and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Marlboro Music Festival, and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest.
Recent compositions by Neikrug include his Fourth Symphony, commissioned by the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, which premiered the work in Hamburg in May 2022, and A Song by Mahler, a theater-and-music work that premiered at Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon in July 2021. The work was co-commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest with the support of the CMNW Commissioning Fund, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the La Jolla Music Society for SummerFest, and the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival.
Neikrug was born in New York City in 1946. In the 1980s, he moved to Santa Fe, where he lives with his wife, Dolly Naranjo, and their family, which now includes two great-grandchildren. His honors include receiving a 2019 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.