New York-based cellist, singer, and improviser Iva Casian-Lakoš performs across the US and Europe with interdisciplinary, genre-bending ensembles Synesthetic Project, hear|say, eco|tonal, and Ensemble Illyrica. Iva’s versatile repertoire ranges from classical cello to boundary-stretching new works, involving choreography, singing, acting, and improvisation.
Iva enjoys close working relationships with many composers and premiered music by Joan La Barbara (Bang on a Can Marathon), Wang Lu, Erika Dohi, John Ling, and David Crowell (Rites of Spring Festival). Later this season she will premiere works by Mak Murtic (Scena Amadeo), Chelsea Loew, and James Budinich. She also collaborates with visual artists, videographers, and dancers in interdisciplinary projects, often via the Vienna-based artist collective Synesthetic Project.
Iva performed as soloist with Columbus Symphony Orchestra, New Albany Symphony, and SEO Symphony Orchestra, collaborated with members of JACK, Emerson, Calidore, and Ying quartets in chamber performances, and appeared in concert halls around the US, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center (Bruno Walter), Jordan Hall, and Kennedy Center (Millennium).
She was also invited as soloist/chamber musician to Bang on a Can Marathon, Scena Amadeo, Hidalgo Festival, Hvar Festival, Rites of Spring Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, Barnes Ensemble, Vivo Music Festival, and Lake George Music Festival.