The Violin Channel recently discussed the piece with Australian and Paris-based composer Nicholas McRoberts. "The last two years have been strange difficult times for the world,"

  "The virtuosic and endlessly curious cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and I had been looking for an opportunity to work together for years; but between my work

  "Mauna Loa" was commissioned by violinists Eric Silberger and Lucia Lin, the latter of whom will give the piece's American premiere in March 2022. "A few