Music faculty Hanna Hurwitz invited to Ensemble Dal Niente

Violinist Hanna Hurwitz, assistant professor and coordinator of strings at Denison University, has joined Ensemble Dal Niente. Hurwitz comes from a family of literary and performing artists. She equally enjoys performing classics of the repertoire as well as new music of our time.

About Dal Niente

Dal Niente’s musicians present an uncommonly broad range of contemporary music, guiding listeners towards music that transforms existing ideas and subverts convention. Established in 2005, the Chicago-based ensemble specializes in new and experimental chamber music with performances ranging from fully staged operas to multimedia spectacles and solo performances. The ensemble’s name, Dal Niente (“from nothing” in Italian), is a tribute to Helmut Lachenmann’s Dal niente (Interieur III), a work that upended traditional conceptions of instrumental technique; and also a reference to the group’s humble beginnings.

Per the Chicago Tribune, “Dal Niente is a model of what contemporary music needs, but seldom gets, to reach and engage a wider public” Dal Niente has toured throughout the United States and Europe, engaging audiences and students through concerts, residency programs, workshops, and masterclasses.