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Lisa Moore (musician)
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Lisa Moore is an internationally renowned pianist with a diverse and eclectic mix of musical influences. She has been crowned "New York's queen of avant-garde piano" and a "visionary" by The New Yorker magazine; the New York Times claims "her energy is illuminating" and The American Record Guide writes "her concerts are legendary". She is able to combine powerful technique with vivid vocal theatricality. Moore acts, improvises, plays, sings and speaks in performances such as "ipiano:my brilliant career", "Janacek from the street", "Musically Speaking", "Totally Wired Piano", and "Wilde's World". Recent performances of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition have been praised widely. She was the founding pianist for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a New York based electro-acoustic sextet, touring with them for 16 years worldwide. In May 2008 Moore curated Australia's Canberra International Music Festival Sounds Alive series, where she imported musicians from around the world for 10 days of music making at the Street Theatre.
As a concerto soloist she has played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany, Sydney, Tasmania, Thai and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, Philharmonia Virtuosi and Queensland Philharmonic, and with conductors Reinbert de Leeuw, Pierre Boulez, Jorge Mester and Edo de Waart. Moore was winner of Musical America's 2005 Ensemble of the Year Award).
Moore has performed at La Scala, the Musikverein, the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall and has made guest appearances at festivals such as Holland, Lincoln Center, Schleswig-Holstein, BBC Proms, Israel, Warsaw, Uzbekistan, Musica Ficta Lithuania, Prague Spring, Istanbul, Athens, Taormina, Southbank's Meltdown, Dublin's Crash, Graz, Huddersfield, Scotia, Paris d'Automne, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Turin, Palermo, Barcelona, Heidelberg, Berlin, Perugia, Tanglewood, Houston Da Camera, Jacob's Pillow, Aspen, Norfolk, Sandpoint, Saratoga, Victoriaville, Ojai, Other Minds, NY's Sonic Boom, BAM Next Wave, MassMoca, Bang on a Can, Keys to the Future, Healing The Divide, Adelaide, Perth, Queensland, Canberra, Sydney, Sydney's Olympic Arts, Sydney Spring and Mostly Mozart, Brisbane Biennale, and the Darwin Festival.
Her collaboration with a large and diverse range of musicians and artists. Moore has also released 4 solo CDs (on Cantaloupe Music and the Tall Poppies labels) and 30 collaborative discs (on Sony, Nonesuch, DG, CRI, BMG, Point, New World, ABC Classics and New Albion).
, Australia
's National Capital, one of three children to an art historian and a prominent economist. Her early life included overseas travel, and by the age of 13, she had visited more than a dozen countries and lived in Sydney and London. However Moore's development of an artist can be traced to her formative years in Canberra during the 1970s. A succession of “strange and interesting people” through her childhood included the Australian painter Charles Blackman
. Sydney musical teacher Albert Landa, urged Moore to take her considerable talent seriously, which in part led to her decision to transfer from Telopea Park High School, a government run school, to 'Chiron College', then a newly opened alternative school located in Birchgrove in Sydney
. An unplanned pregnancy left 17-year-old Moore housebound for several months and time for piano practice. (She gave her baby up for adoption, and has since been reunited with her daughter, Emma Pearse)
Later at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
, Moore, found support for her fledging musical career. In 1979, at the age of 20. Moore moved to the United States for 2 years, and pursued further studies in Paris thereafter. She settled permanently in New York City in 1985. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Eastman School of Music
and SUNY Stonybrook. Lisa Moore now teaches at the Yale-Norfolk New Music Workshop Summer Festival and at Wesleyan University
. She still maintains ties with her childhood home. In 2008 she was appointed the artistic curator of the Canberra International Music Festival 2008 Sounds Alive series, which drew more than 35 musicians from around the world for ten days of music making and Street Theatre.
Lisa Moore is married to Martin Bresnick
, Yale professor of music.
Career
Lisa Moore has performed with the New York City Ballet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, BargeMusic, St. Lukes Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Steve Reich Ensemble, So Percussion, Don Byron Adventurers Orchestra, Signal, Da Capo Chamber Players, Paul Dresher Ensemble, Mabou Mines Theater, Susan Marshall Dance Co, Sequitur, Newband, Music at the Anthology, The Crosstown Ensemble, Australia Ensemble, Westchester Philharmonic, New York League of Composers ISCM, Newband, Alpha Centauri Ensemble, Terra Australis, Essential Music, and the John Jasperse Dance Co.As a concerto soloist she has played with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany, Sydney, Tasmania, Thai and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, Philharmonia Virtuosi and Queensland Philharmonic, and with conductors Reinbert de Leeuw, Pierre Boulez, Jorge Mester and Edo de Waart. Moore was winner of Musical America's 2005 Ensemble of the Year Award).
Moore has performed at La Scala, the Musikverein, the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall and has made guest appearances at festivals such as Holland, Lincoln Center, Schleswig-Holstein, BBC Proms, Israel, Warsaw, Uzbekistan, Musica Ficta Lithuania, Prague Spring, Istanbul, Athens, Taormina, Southbank's Meltdown, Dublin's Crash, Graz, Huddersfield, Scotia, Paris d'Automne, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Turin, Palermo, Barcelona, Heidelberg, Berlin, Perugia, Tanglewood, Houston Da Camera, Jacob's Pillow, Aspen, Norfolk, Sandpoint, Saratoga, Victoriaville, Ojai, Other Minds, NY's Sonic Boom, BAM Next Wave, MassMoca, Bang on a Can, Keys to the Future, Healing The Divide, Adelaide, Perth, Queensland, Canberra, Sydney, Sydney's Olympic Arts, Sydney Spring and Mostly Mozart, Brisbane Biennale, and the Darwin Festival.
Her collaboration with a large and diverse range of musicians and artists. Moore has also released 4 solo CDs (on Cantaloupe Music and the Tall Poppies labels) and 30 collaborative discs (on Sony, Nonesuch, DG, CRI, BMG, Point, New World, ABC Classics and New Albion).
Personal life
Lisa Moore was born in CanberraCanberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's National Capital, one of three children to an art historian and a prominent economist. Her early life included overseas travel, and by the age of 13, she had visited more than a dozen countries and lived in Sydney and London. However Moore's development of an artist can be traced to her formative years in Canberra during the 1970s. A succession of “strange and interesting people” through her childhood included the Australian painter Charles Blackman
Charles Blackman
Charles Blackman is one of the best known Australian artists still living today, especially for the famous Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s...
. Sydney musical teacher Albert Landa, urged Moore to take her considerable talent seriously, which in part led to her decision to transfer from Telopea Park High School, a government run school, to 'Chiron College', then a newly opened alternative school located in Birchgrove in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. An unplanned pregnancy left 17-year-old Moore housebound for several months and time for piano practice. (She gave her baby up for adoption, and has since been reunited with her daughter, Emma Pearse)
Later at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
, Moore, found support for her fledging musical career. In 1979, at the age of 20. Moore moved to the United States for 2 years, and pursued further studies in Paris thereafter. She settled permanently in New York City in 1985. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
and SUNY Stonybrook. Lisa Moore now teaches at the Yale-Norfolk New Music Workshop Summer Festival and at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
. She still maintains ties with her childhood home. In 2008 she was appointed the artistic curator of the Canberra International Music Festival 2008 Sounds Alive series, which drew more than 35 musicians from around the world for ten days of music making and Street Theatre.
Lisa Moore is married to Martin Bresnick
Martin Bresnick
Martin Bresnick is a composer of contemporary classical music, film scores and experimental music.-Education and early career:Bresnick was born and raised in the Bronx, and is a graduate of New York City's specialized High School of Music and Art. He was educated at the University of Hartford ,...
, Yale professor of music.