Composer and impresaria Paola Prestini is filled with energy and passion. She continues to spearhead, collaborate and produce new music projects that inspire awe. This year she is working on the opening of the Original Music Workshop, a new space and art incubator. Some of her other projects include the release of Oceanic Verses and the Labyrinth Installation Concertos on VisionIntoArt’s new label, VIA records. Other premieres include a new work with Hotel Elefant, the expansion of the Hubble Cantata with Nathan Gunn, and various other works in development. “ I am unswayed by trends and yet excited by all voices,” Paola says. ”I strive to stay ahead of the curve, and I am tremendously interested in nurturing new talent.”
Paola Prestini talks with Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson from Noted Endeavors about balancing her extensive professional demands with her home life, which includes a young child.
Paola Prestini is a composer/producer/entrepreneur/teacher who balances her own artistic endeavors while running several companies – VisionIntoArt and Original Music Workshop in Brooklyn. Her cross disciplinary projects, residencies, and collaborations bring disparate points of view together and redefine boundaries. She says, “I believe strongly in creating artistic communities and fostering new art,” and she is starting a new contemporary music label, VIA Records, which will present collaborations between composers and artists in different fields.
