Alisa Weilerstein & “Fragments”
MacArthur Award-winning cellist Alisa Weilerstein commissioned Gity to write a piece for Weilerstein’s upcoming, immersive, and groundbreaking multi-year project, Fragments, which weaves together the Bach solo cello suites with new works.
The Violin Channel & “Legend of Sigh'“
The video from cellist Inbal Segev’s performance recording of Legend of Sigh was featured across all the platforms of the beloved showcase for classical music, The Violin Channel.
San Diego Symphony & League of American Orchestras
Gity was selected as one of six composers for the 2022 League of American Orchestra and Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation commissioning project. She will write an orchestral piece to be premiered in 2023 by San Diego Symphony under Rafael Payare, and performed in later seasons by Akron Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
Last Night of the BBC Proms
Gity was commissioned to write the opening piece for the Last Night of the 2021 Proms for BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sakari Oramo. The piece Mother was performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall and carried live on BBC TV and BBC Radio 3.
Sharon Bezaly & United Strings of Europe
Commissioned concerto for acclaimed virtuoso Sharon Bezaly, hailed by The Times (UK) as “God’s gift to the flute,” and United Strings of Europe, under the direction of Julian Azkoul. The project - which will be recorded for BIS Records and toured throughout Europe in 2024-25 - pairs Gity’s work with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside other concertos by Nicolas Bacri, Andrea Tarrodi, and Gwilym Simcock.
Karim Sulayman & The Israeli Chamber Project
The phenomenal Israeli Chamber Project has commissioned Gity to write an extensive piece for the GRAMMY® Award winning tenor, Karim Sulayman and chamber ensemble. The piece, Flowing Down the Widening Rings of Being, will include songs set to poetry of Rumi and Rainer Maria Rilke.
“The Strange Highway” Album Release
Gity’s debut solo album on Sweden’s historic BIS Records was released August 2022, and most notably featured her dramatic and darkly exquisite writing for strings.
Released on August 5, 2022 by BIS Record, the album features music she has composed over the last fifteen years as recorded by cellist Inbal Segev (Legend of Sigh), All-American Cello Band from Cello Biennale Amsterdam (The Strange Highway), violinist Francesca dePasquale and pianist Scott Cuellar (Duo), violist Katharina Kang Litton (Spellbound), and Metropolis Ensemble conducted by Andrew Cyr (Metamorphosis of Narcissus).
“There’s an uncompromising beauty to these works by the Iranian-born American composer. The opening title work, [The Strange Highway], for cello octet, is a wild, rhythmic ride, while the closing Metamorphosis of Narcissus offers some fantastic musical storytelling. Impressive.”
—BBC Music Magazine
