Planet M Records presents The almond tree duos, the latest album by violist/composer Melia Watras. The almond tree duos is a work comprised of 18 pieces for violin and viola, with the title referencing the symbol of hope and new beginnings in Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost. Joined by violinists Tekla Cunningham, Rachel Lee Priday and Michael Jinsoo Lim, Watras displays her talents as a violist and as a composer with a finely-tuned ear for string-writing.

Planet M records presents Kinetic, a dance-themed collection of solo violin pieces performed by violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, praised by Gramophone for playing with “delicious abandon” and described by the Los Angeles Times as a “conspicuously accomplished champion of contemporary music.” The album includes multiple world premieres, of music by Lim’s wife, violist and composer Melia Watras, as well as by Paola Prestini and Leilehua Lanzilotti, along with music of John Corigliano and Astor Piazzolla.