Todd ReynoldsViolin
Profile:Todd Reynolds, violinist,
composer, educator and technologist is known as one of the founding fathers of
the hybrid-musician movement and one of the most active and versatile
proponents of what he calls ‘present music.’ The violinist of choice for Steve
Reich, Meredith Monk, Bang on a Can, and a founder of the string quartet known
as Ethel, his performance and compositional style is a hybrid of old and new
technology, multi-disciplinary aesthetic and pan-genre composition and
improvisation. Emerging from the classical tradition, Reynolds is a graduate of
the Eastman School of Music and the State University of New York at Stony
Brook. Reynolds studied with violin legend Jascha Heifetz and was principal
second violin of the Rochester Philharmonic. Todd Reynolds’s music has been
called “a charming, multi-mood extravaganza, playful like Milhaud, but
hard-edged like Hendrix” (Strings Magazine), and his countless premieres and
performances of everything from classical music to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll seem
to redefine the concert hall and underground club as undeniably and unavoidably
intertwined. Amazon rated his 2011 release, Outerborough, best of classical. It's an Innova Recordings double CD featuring InSide, a collection of his own
music, paired with OutSide, music written by a veritable who’s who of
contemporary composers.
