FENDI celebrates the release of the latest episode of FENDI Renaissance – Anima Mundi featuring an original Jazz performance in New York City by students of The Juilliard School.
Following performances of classical music masterpieces in Rome, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, FENDI decided on a different approach for the fifth episode of Anima Mundi shot in 2020, choosing to highlight the talents of young jazz musicians, feeling that this was the right medium for the episode given its American tradition and capacity to cultivate community and connection among the artists and the world.
The ensemble of six student musicians—saxophonist Colin Walters, trumpeter Summer Camargo, drummer TJ Reddick, bassist Jayla Chee, pianist Tyler Henderson, and trombonist Jasim Perales—from Juilliard had only just begun in-person work on campus in November and following rigorous safety protocols when they began rehearsing an original score composed and arranged by master’s student, Aaron Matson, "Rollerblading in Harlem," commissioned by FENDI for this series. The composition and performance are intended to honor resilience, renewal, and renaissance.
“We are grateful to FENDI for commissioning a new work by student Aaron Matson and for supporting our student performing ensemble in a project that so optimistically addresses this very moment. Director Nick Morgan Lieberman has done fantastic work which clearly reveals that Jazz, Juilliard, New York and FENDI play quite well together. We are proud to participate.” said Wynton Marsalis, Director of Juilliard Jazz.
“The idea behind Anima Mundi was conceived during the darkest days of the pandemic in Italy, as a cause for hope, a reason to celebrate, with artists coming together for the first time to perform Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at our headquarters in Rome at the Summer Solstice. It is now six months later that students from Juilliard are playing together for the first time in New York, marking the beginning of a New Year that also brings with it cause for hope for our global community,” said FENDI Artistic Director for Accessories and Menswear, Silvia Venturini Fendi.
Filmed in December the students performed together for the first time since New York City shut down in mid-March 2020. Keeping safety top of mind, the shoot followed Juilliard’s strict protocols around social distancing and the use of face masks for the students and specially designed PPE for their instruments, which were worn throughout. The musicians are dressed in self-selected attire from the FENDI Women’s and Men’s Fall Winter 2020-2021 Collections.
The world-renowned Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center served as the backdrop of the performance of the ensemble when they were playing together overlooking spectacular views of Central Park. Solos by the students were filmed in various locations around Lincoln Center and Juilliard’s performing arts venues, including Paul Hall, Glorya Kaufman Dance Studio, and the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, normally filled with audience members coming to show their support of students as they perform.
Following an established history of supporting emerging artists from the design and visual arts disciplines, the Roman Maison was also proud to start a donation program with Juilliard towards student scholarships in the spirit of supporting creativity at every level, enabling current and future young student-artists in the disciplines of music, dance, and drama to realize their highest aspirations.
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