Maya Bennardo - rustlings (CD) *release March 10

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'rustlings' is an album of two pieces written by Stockholm-based violinist and composer Maya Bennardo. One of the pieces, 'dormant gardens i' (2022), was written for and performed by andPlay, a duo of Bennardo on violin and Hannah Levinson on viola. The other, 'summer rustlings' (2024), is a solo violin piece performed by Bennardo. 4-Panel wallet with one disc. Cover photography by Kristofer Svensson.


CD release date: March 10, 2026. (*If you would also like to get the digital WAV 44/16 or FLAC 96/24 files, please note that in the message form on the ordering page.) 


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TRACK LIST
 
1.  dormant gardens i.  (2022)            23:26                
  for violin and viola
andPlay (Maya Bennardo - violin, Hannah Levinson - viola)
 
2.  summer rustlings  (2024)              27:08            
  for solo violin
Maya Bennardo - violin

CREDITS
 
compositions by Maya Bennardo
 
recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mike Tierney at Fieldnotes Studio, Brooklyn, NY in December 2024
 
liner poem by Maya Bennardo
cover photography by Kristofer Svensson
designed and produced by Yuko Zama
 
p+c 2026 elsewhere music　　
www.elsewheremusic.net
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'rustlings' is an album of two pieces written by Stockholm-based violinist and composer Maya Bennardo. One of the pieces, 'dormant gardens i' (2022), was written for and performed by andPlay, a duo of Bennardo on violin and Hannah Levinson on viola. The other, 'summer rustlings' (2024), is a solo violin piece performed by Bennardo.
 
Both pieces were inspired by Bennardo's move to Sweden from New York City, where she developed a new relationship with nature through walking. Her solo and compositional practices are deeply tied to the violin, with which she explores the acoustic nature and blossoming of three-note chords on string instruments. With a sense of serenity underlying the vibrant string sounds, the violin and viola convey a sharp, piercing clarity reminiscent of Nordic light. The music is permeated by the starkness and raw vitality of nature, devoid of sentimentality. Its refreshing purity borders on austerity, as does its powerful transparency, which culminates in a breathtaking moment when the sequence of sounds sculpts the silence with intense beauty near the end of 'summer rustlings'.

Q&A with Maya Bennardo about rustlings