Yarn/Wire

YARN/WIRE is a New York-based percussion and piano quartet (Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, percussion/ Laura Barger and Ning Yu, pianos).Yarn/Wire is a New York- based percussion and piano quartet (Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, percussion / Laura Barger and Ning Yu, pianos). Described by The Brooklyn Rail as “fascinating and exciting, with playing that is precise and full of purpose,” the ensemble is admired for the energy and precision it brings to performances of today’s most adventurous music. Founded in 2005, Yarn/Wire is dedicated to the promotion of creative, experimental new music in the US and abroad. Yarn/Wire achieves this bysupporting composers and audiences through live performances, educational activities, and large-scale collaborative projects. The ensemble seeks to expand the representation of composers including but not limited to those who identify as women, LGBTQIA+, Black, African, Indigenous, Latina(o)(x), Asian, or Arabso that it might begin to better reflect our communities and experience new creative potential. Yarn/Wire has commissioned many American and international composers including Enno Poppe, Michael Gordon, George Lewis, Ann Cleare, Raphaël Cendo, Peter Evans, Alex Mincek, Thomas Meadowcroft, Misato Mochizuki, Tristan Murail, Sam Pluta, Tyondai Braxton, Kate Soper, and Øyvind Torvund.As well, the ensemble enjoys collaborations with genre-bending artists such as Tristan Perich, Mark Fell, Sufjan Stevens, and Pete Swanson.Yarn/Wire has recorded for the WERGO, Northern Spy, Distributed Objects, Populist, and Carrier record labels in addition to maintaining their own imprint.