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Interview in English with Raven Chacon, by Peter Hay, Dec. 11, 2020.

Entrevista en ingles con Raven Chacon, por Peter Hay. 11 de dec, 2020.

Raven Chacon is a composer, performer, and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. As a solo artist, collaborator, or with Postcommodity, he has exhibited or performed at Whitney Biennial, documenta 14, REDCAT, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Chaco Canyon, 18th Biennale of Sydney, and The Kennedy Center. Every year, he teaches 20 students to write string quartets for the Native American Composer Apprenticeship Project. Raven Chacon is the recipient of the United States Artists fellowship in Music, The Creative Capital award in Visual Arts, The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation artist fellowship, and the American Academy’s Berlin Prize for Music Composition. He lives in Albuquerque, NM.

Raven Chacon es un compositor, intérprete y artista de instalaciones de Fort Defiance, de la Nación Navajo. Como solista, colaborador o con Postcommodity, Chacon ha expuesto o actuado en Whitney Biennial, documenta 14, REDCAT, Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Chaco Canyon, Ende Tymes Festival, 18th Biennale of Sydney, y el Kennedy Center. Cada año, enseña a 20 estudiantes a escribir cuartetos de cuerda para el Proyecto de Aprendizaje de Compositores Nativos Americanos (NACAP). Recibió la beca de artistas de Estados Unidos en música, el premio The Creative Capital en artes visuales, la beca de artista de la Fundación de Artes y Culturas Nativas y el premio Berlín de composición musical de la Academia Americana. Vive en Albuquerque, NM.