There are times when making a solo album, seemingly the most inward and isolated of activities, is in fact the most social and community-affirming gesture of all. For me, Serena Scibelli, an Italian violinist based in Athens, Georgia, a solo violin album made sense during a year otherwise lost to quarantine.
But Reflections, far from a rueful, shut-in type of document, was instead my way of reaching out, making new connections with colleagues and friends, motivated by the need to create beauty anew in the midst of great social turbulence and sorrow. I commissioned new works for solo violin from five American composers (four of them women); these pieces now receive their world premieres on Reflections.
The word Reflections can refer to serious and careful thought, or the image of something in a mirror or any reflective surface. It can mean the return of light, heat, sound, or energy. For me, all these meanings come into play in the album.
I hope you enjoy,
Serena
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