“Ileana Perez Velázquez is a Cuban American composer that has written numerous acoustic and electroacustic works that reveal the depth and scope of her artistic  imagination. Often inspired by extra-musical stimuli—ranging from the poetic to the psychological, the personal to the socially and historically motivated —Velázquez writes music that, while challenging for both performer and listener alike, is deeply expressive; her music may be uncompromising in its demands, but it also remains intensely dramatic and poignantly evocative. Her powerfully communicative music with a rich harmonic language is rhythmically intricate, her multi-layered textures reveal her debt to her Cuban heritage. The New York Times has praised the “imaginative strength and musical consistency” and the “otherworldly quality”of her compositions”