Duo Cortona is a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to the creation of works for its unique instrumentation: mezzo-soprano and violin.  This ensemble explores new sounds and possibilities for its intimate, expressive, and vital combination.  Duo Cortona works to establish a new and thus far unexplored repertoire, pursuing the endless possibilities of this union.  We create opportunities for both established and emerging composers through commissions, competitions, educational workshops, university residencies, and major concert performances.

Duo Cortona was founded at the Cortona Sessions for New Music by husband and wife team Ari Streisfeld and Rachel Calloway. Duo Cortona has appeared on the Southern Exposure Series for New Music, East Carolina New Music Initiative, University of Pittsburgh’s Music on the Edge Series, Resonant Bodies Festival, The Stone, the SONiC Festival, New Music on the Point, and Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project (Princeton) as well as educational residencies and concerts at the Eastman School of Music, University of Wisconsin, College of Charleston, Claflin University, New Music New College, the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. www.duocortona.com