Niccolo Seligmann (they/them) is currently the most widely-heard medieval fiddler in the world, featured in soundtracks from Netflix’s The Witcher, AppleTV’s The Changeling, Firaxis Games’ Civilization VI, Obsidian Entertainment’s Pentiment, and many more big-budget and indie games, film, and streaming series. Niccolo plays a collection of over 100 instruments, recording and touring with several dozen. Their opera & live theatre music compositions include Julie Monster: A Queer Baroque Opera, An Iliad, Minerva: Times Change, and a full-length electronic dance remix of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet. Niccolo released their 2020 solo album Kinship as part of Strathmore’s Artist in Residence program. Niccolo performs diverse genres internationally with early & traditional music ensembles Alkemie, The Broken Consort, Concordian Dawn, Eya, Hesperus, Washington Bach Consort, and Wherligig. When not touring with their ensembles or recording soundtracks, Niccolo can be found gleefully recording harsh noise, lo-fi dance music, glitchcore, and drone metal in their home studio in the forests of central Maryland. They hold a BM in viola da gamba performance from Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
Fallen Angel
Composed March 2024 – Voice, Clarinet, Violin, Cello
From the composer: “This piece for voice, clarinet, violin, and cello, is set in a post-apocalyptic island, where the narrator and his angel lover make a life for themselves amongst the trash that washes up on shore. I submit this work to counter “doomer” narratives of climate change: in the world of this piece, queer love flourishes despite a hostile seascape. Life during climate change must still include moments of queer joy and togetherness. We need a realistic outlook, but we also need hope, which this piece aims to provide.“