VIDEO PREMIERE | OF POWER | I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Paganini met trap beats and 8-bit heart emojis? This combo was the quarantine brainchild of violinist Curtis Stewart, and the resulting “Improvisation on Paganini Caprice #11” is one of 17 new tracks on his forthcoming album Of Power, which features music of resistance and resilience.

Of Power includes original songs and re-imagined of works by Charlie Parker, J.S. Bach, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Stevie Wonder, Nicolò Paganini, Childish Gambino, Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson, and more. Scored for solo violin, voice, and electronics, the post-classical album is inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement and aims to “tear down the practiced facade of a classical violinist to translate personal hardship, protest, and demands for social justice into sustained action and vigilance for the classical community and beyond.”