Violinist Maiani da Silva is a sought-after soloist, chamber musician, educator, and collaborator in contemporary classical music and beyond. Maiani is a member of the four-time Grammy-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird, founder of Brouhaha, an interdisciplinary project connecting anthropology and climate change, and Lecturer at Yale University. She has had the pleasure of working with/premiering works by Joan Tower, Viet Cuong, Louis Andriessen, Ted Hearne, Julianna Barwick, Kelley Polar, BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project), Wild Up, and the recently Grammy-nominated (2025) David Lang, whose work composition as explanation was recorded by Maiani and her sextet Eighth Blackbird.
