Bio:
Ian Antonio is a founding member of the two percussion and two piano ensemble Yarn/Wire. The group is a creative force in the contemporary chamber music world, concertizing widely and working with many of compositions rising stars. He is also a long-time member of the difficult-to-categorize trio Zs, with whom he has toured the world and recorded extensively. Ian is a core player in the composition and chamber music collective Wet Ink, a member of the percussion ensemble Talujon, and a frequent collaborator with the avant-garde dramatic company Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf.
Ian is the director of the Norwalk Youth Percussion Ensemble and oversees the organization's percussion activities. In addition to cultivating an active private studio, he is currently on faculty at the 92nd Street Y and Henry Street Settlement. He has recorded for the Nonesuch, Kairos, Warp, Tzadik, Carrier, Social Registry, and Three One G record labels.
Ian was born in 1981 and grew up in Albany, NY, studying percussion with Richard Albagli and performing with the Empire State Youth Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble. He then moved to New York city to attend the Manhattan School of Music and study with James Preiss, Duncan Patton, Christopher Lamb, Eric Charleston, and Claire Heldrich. Ian completed his studies with Eduardo Leandro at Stony Brook University where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He has also attended the Tanglewood Music Center and Yellow Barn festivals.
Contact: ianantonio 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Discography:
Son of Chamber Symphony - 2011 - Nonesuch Records w/ICE
Sonic Eclipse - 2011 - Kairos Records w/ICE
Tone Builders - 2010 - Carrier Records w/Yarn/Wire
New Slaves - 2010 - The Social Registry w/Zs
Tyondai Braxton/Central Market - 2009, Warp
Music of the Modern White - 2009, The Social Registry w/Zs
New Works for Small Ensemble - 2009, Carrier Records w/Wet Ink Ensemble
The Hard EP - 2008, Three One G Records w/Zs
The Language Of - 2008, Quiet Design Records w/Wet Ink Ensemble
Secular Works - 2008, Planaria Recordings and I and Ear Records w/Extra Life
Arms - 2007, Planaria Recordings and Gilgongo Records w/Zs
Folio and Four Sysems - 2006, Tzadik Records w/Zs
Buck - 2006, Folding Cassettes and Gilgongo Records w/Zs
Magnet - 2005, Planaria Recordings w/Zs
Gould & Harris Symphonies - 2005, Albany Records w/Albany Symphony
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