Isolation Commissions #42 - Nicole Linaksita

Commissioned by Music on Main Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff, arranged by Earl Wild Isolation Commission #42 is the first of eight commissions from Music on Main to support artists from the last three years of their Emerge on Main program. Little Chamber and Music on Main have had a long friendship, including co-presenting Raging Against the Machine in 2015, and we're thrilled with the artists they've brought to this project including Nicole Linaksita, a 2017/18 Emerge on Main artist. Canadian pianist Nicole Linaksita has performed solo and chamber concerts in Canada, USA and Europe. A participant in national and international competitions, she was the Grand Prize winner as well as the winner of the prize for the best performance of the test piece written by Francois-Hubert Leclair for the CMC Stepping Stone Competition in 2019. https://nicolelinaksitapiano.com/home Emerge on Main shines a spotlight on up-and-coming classical, new, and genre-bending musicians. With Little Chamber Music's "Isolation Commissions," Music on Main is supporting alumni artists from the last three seasons. http://www.musiconmain.ca/    / musiconmain   To support front line artists in this unprecedented time, and to foster reflections on that time from our musical community, Little Chamber Music has created the Isolation Commissions. For $200, commissioners got to choose an artist to film a 4min video of themselves performing at home, something that reflects the impact our extraordinary social situation is having on their artistic practice. It might be an improvisation, a favourite piece, a work that brings comfort, a work in progress….that was up to the artist. These videos are meant to be a snapshot of the lives of front-line artists who have been heavily impacted by our current crisis, and the hope is that, when we get through this, collectively they will form an artistic reflection of this unprecedented and difficult time.