Dika Chartoff | composer

Written for clarinetist Tasha Warren and cellist Dave Eggar, Suspiro appears on their 2026 album Motherload (Bright Shiny Things label), a collection of new works by seven composers on motherhood, lullaby, and memory.

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​​“The clarinet-cello pairing proves remarkably expansive throughout, especially in works like Dika Chartoff's wonderfully hypnotic Suspiro”

— BBC Music Magazine

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​"[Suspiro] manifest[s] almost entirely with overtones and resonance spectrum... moving sonic energy... What sound[s] like electronic synthesizers... is literally just organic cello and clarinet."
— Dave Eggar, cellist, Hear Us Out podcast, June 2026”

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“Dika is an incredibly thoughtful person and musician, with a deep, spiritual way to stop time in her music.” — Tasha Warren, clarinetist

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“The sense of a deep, womb-like inner space, sustained throughout the album, reaches profound depths in this track.” — Lawrence Cosentino, City Pulse

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