Natacha is a nomadic individual, finding solace and home in whatever physical environment she finds herself. Born in LA (CA) (1981) and raised in Texas and New Mexico, she now lives in upper Manhattan, and has lived in New York longer than anywhere else in her life. Embarking regularly on adventures of all sorts, Natacha prefers those involving strange sounds and interesting people. She composes music, performs as often as possible, teaches electronic and computer music to children and adults, and works closely with other composers to ensure that they continue to write exquisitely demanding music for her. She has commissioned and premiered dozens of works and performed at spectacular venues all over the United States and Europe. Natacha is especially fond of electroacoustic chamber music, and fulfills this love through Ensemble Pamplemousse. Pamplemousse is a group of uniquely talented, lovable, and creative musicians, whose primary goals are to shatter artistic borders and produce great music. Natacha also performs with Red Light (virtuosic European Avant-Garde) and On Structure (performance art). Currently, her compositional interests focus on the merging of glitch and beauty using the spectra of electronic and acoustic sound, and the wide palette of simple light. She makes money by doing integration work (wiring audio/video studios), but plans to one day subsist (and support her artistic ventures) from the profits of her ice cream shop in upstate New York. Until then, she will attempt to achieve a DMA in composition at Columbia University, beginning in the Fall of 2010.
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