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The unifying element on this CD is the violin. Its tremendous versatility and long musical history have inspired an enormous number of composers to create works featuring and exploring it. The nine diverse works from the late 20th and early 21st centuries for violin here, together, make for a multi-course meal. Mikka and Other Assorted Love Songs, with its wink to the legendary rock album, aspires to wittiness, but here it's also meant to convey an element of how Eric Rynes conceives of and performs this music. Hailed for his "committed," "intrepid," and "achingly beautiful" performances in diverse styles and genres, Eric Rynes appears in recital, is concertmaster of the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and has made guest appearances with jazz and rock groups. Primary violinist of the Seattle Modern Orchestra, Rynes has premiered works in Berlin, Havana, Chicago, Barcelona, and Rotterdam, among many other cities. He is a graduate of the University of Washington with degrees in violin and statistical genetics and has degrees in physics from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois.