Roxana amed pizarnik biography

This magnificent recording, Becoming Humanby Roxana Amed the hypnotic contralto comes not exceedingly long after three previous recordings.

The last of those was Los Trabajos y Las Noches, a benchmark recording in which she interpreted the bitter, surrealist works of the legendary poet Alejandra Pizarnik, the stunning music for which was composed by Frank Carlberg.

Roxana amed pizarnik biography

Miss Pizarnik has always had a profound effect on Miss Amed. For in the poetics of the two artists’ work there are some parallels.

For one, the sting of bitterness hovers dangerously like a resident spirit in the humanity of both artists.

There follows an acute sense of mortality in both artists – Miss Pizarnik succumbed to the lure of suicide; Miss Amed is not consumed by fatality, but feeds on it to enrich her burgeoning creativity, often dwelling in the realm of surrealism.

But clearly Miss Amed’s artistry is of a singular nature.

She has displayed it on her previous recor