An avid devotee of contemporary music, flutist Daria Binkowski has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. She is a co-founder of the Talea Ensemble in New York and also performs with the East Coast Composers Ensemble (ECCE) and the New York Miniaturist Ensemble. She was recently appointed a position with the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan, where she will perform in the 2008-2009 season. In addition to this, Daria has also worked with Bang on a Can, the St. Louis Symphony, and was a guest artist with cellist Elinor Frey at Cornell University.
Daria has worked with composers Steven Stucky, Sydney Hodkinson, and Marc-Andre Dalbavie as a member of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble from 2004-2006. She has also worked with Brad Lubman, Michael Gordon, and David Lang at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival. Daria has also appeared at the Greenwich Music Festival (Greenwich, CT), American Composers' Forum (Washington, D.C.), the Nevada Encounters of New Music Festival (Las Vegas, NV), the Heidelberg College New Music Festival (Tiffin, OH), the Women in New Music Festival (Rochester, NY), the Music of Japan Today Festival (College Park, MD) She recently attended the New Music/New Media Course at the Britten-Pears Festival in Aldeburgh, UK.
In addition to her work in contemporary music, Daria has also performed with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Charleston, SC), the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, OH), and was a member of the Eastman School of Music Wind Ensemble during its 2004 tour of East Asia. Daria can be heard on recent recordings of the Ohio Light Opera (featuring Victor Herbert's Sweethearts and Schubert's Das Dremiaderlhaus) and the Eastman School of Music Wind Ensemble (Danzante). She has also appeared with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble on NPR's Performance Today.
Daria received her Bachelor’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music, studying with Bonita Boyd, Anne Harrow, and Martha Aarons. She recently received her Master’s Degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, studying with Timothy Hutchins.
