inti figgis-vizueta (b.1993) is a composer who works to reconcile historical aesthetics and experimental practices with trans and Indigenous futures. Described as an “ever-intriguing, rising new music star” (LA Times), whose “raw, scraping yet soaring” (Washington Post) music brings “a sense of true dramatic stakes” (New York Times), figgis-vizueta has been commissioned and performed by leading artists including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Trickster Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Attacca Quartet, Rothko Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, organist James McVinnie, pianist Adam Tendler, violinist Jennifer Koh, and cellists Andrew Yee and Jay Campbell, among many others. She is the recipient of the Lotos Foundation Prize, ASCAP Fred Ho Award, National Sawdust Hildegard Award, Café Royal Foundation Music Award, and residency fellowships from Dumbarton Oaks, Civitella Ranieri, and Music at Copland House. Her debut album Music for Transitions will be released on New Amsterdam Records in 2026. She studied with Marcos Balter, Felipe Lara, Donnacha Dennehy, and George Lewis. Her mentors include Tania León, Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, and Andrew Norman. figgis-vizueta honors her Quichua bisabuela who was the only woman butcher on the plaza central and used to fight men with a machete.