Bio
Australian-American pianist Lisa Moore lives in New York City where she collaborates with a large and diverse range of musicians and artists. The New York Times says "her energy is illuminating" and the New Yorker magazine called her “visionary” and "New York's queen of avant-garde piano". Moore has released 5 solo discs (Cantaloupe and Tall Poppies labels) and 30 collaborative discs (Sony, Nonesuch, DG, CRI, BMG, Point, New World, ABC Classics, Albany and New Albion). Her latest solo recording "Seven" (music by Don Byron) has just been released on Cantaloupe. Two more solo Cantaloupe EPs are scheduled for release in 2010 featuring original music by composers Annie Gosfield and Donnacha Dennehy.
Lisa Moore's performances combine musical and emotional power -- whether in the delivery of the simplest song, the most challenging chamber work or complex solo score. She is passionately dedicated to the music of our time as well as the great musical canon. Moore has collaborated with composers from many musical genres -- Elliot Carter, Iannis Xenakis, Meredith Monk, Phillip Glass, Thurston Moore and Ornette Coleman to name just a few. Her wide-ranging repertoire spans from Robert Schumann, Leos Janacek and Modeste Mussorgsky to music and text settings by Randy Newman, Frederic Rzewski and Kurt Schwitters. Past solo shows include "ipiano: my brilliant career", "Wilde's World", "The Totally Wired Piano", "Janacek from the street" and "Musically Speaking". Moore has given concerts at La Scala, the Musikverein, the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. She has made many guest appearances at festivals - The 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, Mizzou, Music 10 Blonay, Adelaide, Perth, Queensland, Canberra, Sydney, Sydney's Olympic Arts, Sydney Spring, Sydney Mostly Mozart, Brisbane Biennale, and the Darwin Festival.
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, Third Coast Percussion,, Da Capo Chamber Players, Paul Dresher Double Duo, 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 Company. As a concerto soloist she has appeared with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany, Sydney, Tasmania, Thai and Canberra Symphony Orchestras, Philharmonia Virtuosi and the Queensland Philharmonic, under the baton of conductors Reinbert de Leeuw, Pierre Boulez, Jorge Mester and Edo de Waart.
Lisa Moore won the silver medal in the Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition. From 1992-2008 she was the pianist and founding member for the Bang On A Can All-Stars -- the New York based electro-acoustic sextet and winner of Musical America's 2005 "Ensemble of the Year" Award. As an artistic curator she most recently produced Australia's Canberra International Music Festival “Sounds Alive ‘08” series, importing musicians from around the world for 10 days of music making at the Street Theatre.
Lisa Moore teaches at the Yale-Norfolk New Music Workshop Summer Festival and at Wesleyan University as well as making guest teaching appearances at conservatories around the world. She was born in Canberra and raised in Australia and London before moving to the USA in 1980. Moore is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Eastman School of Music and SUNY Stonybrook. For more Moore please visit www.lisamoore.org
Lisa Moore was born in Canberra, Australia in 1960.
Education
Doctorate of Musical Arts, State University of New York, Stonybrook, (1986-92)
Master of Music, Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY (1984-5)
Bachelor of Music, University of Illinois (1980-82)
Private study with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, Paris (1982-83)
Private study with Benjamin Kaplan in London (1986)
Bachelor of Arts (Music), NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (1978-80)
Teachers include: Gilbert Kalish, David Burge, Benjamin Kaplan, William
Heiles, Kathleen Crees, Albert Landa, Yvonne Loriod, Larry Sitsky, Alan Jenkins and Sonya Hanke
Awards
Australia Council Development Grant American Academy In Berlin (2001)
Australia Council Development Grant American Academy In Rome (1999)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Award for 'Best Australian Recording' (Wild Russians) (1993)
Sounds Australian Award for 'Best Solo Performance of an Australian Work' (1992)
Thayer Fellowship, a creative arts grant awarded to one SUNY graduate (1992)
Concerto Competition winner, SUNY Stonybrook (1987)
Composer Commission Grants from Meet The Composer, Argosy Foundation, Australia Council (1986-91)
Bernstein Fellowship to attend Tanglewood Music Center (1985)
Australian Music Foundation in London Award (1984-86)
Alliance Francaise Scholarship for studies in Paris (1982-83)
International Fellowship, Australia Council, for studies in USA (1981,1982)
Silver Medal, Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition (1981)
Concerto Appearances
Piano Concerto soloist with:
London Sinfonietta (Brad Lubman-conductor--Unsuk Chin-composer)
Sydney Symphony (Reinbert de Leeuw-Smetanin and Jorge Mester-Copland),
Albany Symphony (Geoffrey Simon-Foss and Gershwin),
Australian Chamber Orchestra (Richard Tognetti-Mozart and Smetanin),
Philharmonia Virtuosi (Richard Kapp-Shostakovitch),
Queensland Philharmonic (Richard Mills-Brophy),
Tasmania Symphony (Dobbs Frank-Brophy),
Canberra Symphony (Sir Leonard Dommett-Ravel),
Thai National Orchestra (Johannes Roos-Rachmaninoff),
Stonybrook Graduate Orchestra (Arthur Weisberg-Gershwin),
Wollongong Symphony Orchestra (John Dixon-Chopin, Mozart and Brahms)
Solo Concerts (selected)
1981 debut in Carnegie Hall, (for International American Music Competition).
Solo concerts in Paris, Berlin, New York, Rome, Busan, Sydney, Chicago, Cleveland, Blonay, Buffalo, St. Paul, Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville, Newcastle, Adelaide, Rochester,Stonybrook, Tampa, Miami, Canberra, Wollongong, San Diego, San Francisco, Champaign-Urbana, Norfolk CT, Bennington VT, Columbia SC, Vancouver BC
Festivals
Artistic Curator of "Sounds Alive '08", Canberra International Music Festival, importing 35 musicians to Australia, presenting 15 concerts of new music (@ The Street Theatre, May 7-18 2008
Artistic Producer of 'Keyboard Gala Extravaganza' for opening night of Rutgers University 'Summerfest' 1990
Guest festival appearances:
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, Mizzou, Music 10, Adelaide, Perth, Queensland, Canberra, Sydney, Sydney's Olympic Arts, Sydney Spring and Mostly Mozart, Brisbane Biennale, and the Darwin Festival.
Chamber Music and Ensembles
Performances with: Bang On A Can All-Stars (founding member, performances from 1992-2008),
So Percussion, London Sinfonietta, Signal, Don Byron Adventurers Orchestra, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Paul Dresher Ensemble and Double Duo, Steve Reich Ensemble, Third Coast Percussion, Da Capo Chamber Players, Manhattan Brass, Newband, BargeMusic, American Composers Orchestra, Cassatt String Quartet, Rothko Piano Trio, Alpha Centauri Ensemble, Essential Music, Musical Elements, Abandon, Terra Australis, Stonybrook Contemporary Players, The Australia Ensemble, Michael Gordon Philharmonic, Twentieth Century Music Group, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Players of the ISCM, Guild of Composers NY, Columbia Composers, Speculum Musicae.
Collaborative concerts – with singer Susan Narucki; flutists: Ransom Wilson and Paul Dunkel; percussionist: Robert van Sice; clarinetist: Don Byron; vocalist/violinist Iva Bittova; pianists: Nurit Tilles, Molly Morkowski, Cristina Valdes; cellists: Maya Beiser, David Pereira, Margaret Parkins, Felix Fan and Wendy Sutter; violinists: Karen Bentley Pollick, Eva Gruesser, Joanna Lewis, Anna-Liese Place, Christina Buciu; french hornist: Hector McDonald
Orchestral Piano
The New York City Ballet, Philharmonia Virtuosi (Richard Kapp),
Sydney Symphony (Edo de Waart),
Scotia Festival Orchestra (Pierre Boulez),
Tanglewood Festival Orchestra (Leonard Bernstein),
Northeastern Philharmonic (Hugh Wolf),
Harrisburg Symphony (Larry Newland),
Fairfield Chamber Orchestra,
Westchester Philharmonic (Paul Dunkel),
St. Lukes Orchestra (Ransom Wilson),
American Composers Orchestra (Sloan, Cortese, Dunkel)
Solo Recordings
‘Seven’ music by Don Byron, Cantaloupe
'Which side are you on?' music of Frederic Rzewski, Cantaloupe
'Janacek' piano music, Tall Poppies (TP066)
'Purple, Black and Blues', music of Elena Kats-Chernin (TP147)
'Stroke' music from Australia (TP040)
'Dark Full Ride' music by Julia Wolfe, Cantaloupe
‘Patterns on a Field’ by James Sellars, CRI
‘Willie’s Way’ music by Martin Bresnick, Albany
DVD Recordings
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, The Essential Martin Bresnick, Cantaloupe
Wed, Elevated music by David Lang, Cantaloupe Music
Superchameleon, with Iva Bittova and the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Indie
Ensemble Recordings
'The Essential Martin Bresnick', solo and Bang on a Can All-Stars, Cantaloupe Music
‘Elida’ music by Iva Bittova, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Cantaloupe
‘Every Thing Must Go’ music by Martin Bresnick, Albany
‘My Twentieth Century’ chamber music by Martin Bresnick, New World Records
'Forbidden Colours' music by Gerard Brophy, TSO, ABC Classics
'Musica Povera' music by Martin Bresnick, CRI
'Music in 5ths', music by Phillip Glass, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Cantaloupe
'Bang on a Can meets Kyaw Kyaw Naing', Bang on a Can, KKN, Cantaloupe
'Shadowbang', music by Evan Ziporyn, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Cantaloupe
'The Wild Russians' w/David Pereira, cello, Shostakovitch and Schnittke Sonatas, TP
'Prokofiev and Carter' w/David Pereira, cello, TP
'Gigantic Human Dancing Machine' Louis Andreissen, Cantaloupe
'Cheating, Lying, Stealing' Bang On a Can All-Stars, Sony Classical
'Renegade Heaven' Bang On A Can All-Stars, Cantaloupe
'Music For Airports' Bang On A Can All-Stars, Point Records
'Industry' Bang On A Can All-Stars, Sony Classical
‘Ballad For Many’ music by Don Byron, Cantaloupe
'In C' Bang On A Can, Cantaloupe
'City Life' Steve Reich and Musicians, Nonesuch
'A Set of Pieces, Music of Charles Ives', Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gilbert Kalish, DG
'Classical Jukebox' Philharmonia Virtuosi, Richard Kapp conductor, BMG
'Big Noise from Nicaragua' music by Michael Gordon, CRI
'Aquilarco' Giovanni Sollima, Giovanni Sollima Band, Point Records
'100 Greatest Hits' by Aaron Kernis, New Albion
'Sheila Silver' chamber music, CRI
Conducting experience
Yale-Norfolk Contemporary Music Ensemble 2005 and 2006
Greenway Group Sydney Conservatorium 1993
Published Articles
"Sounds Alive 08" Resonate Magazine, Australian Music Center, April 08
"The Thrill of the New" Piano Today, Winter 2005
"The Pianist Speaks" Australian Financial Review, July 8 2005
Film Music
-Music director and performer for "Charles Blackman, Dreams and Shadows",(93) art documentary by RM Films, Richard Moore director
-Pianist for "Cadillac Desert", (96) PBS -- John Else director
-Music producer and pianist for "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" (06) PBS -- Michael Schwartz director
--Film music pianist and on camera pianist “Untitled”, (09) Samuel Goldwyn Pictures, starring Adam Goldberg --Jonathan Parker director
Miscellaneous Performances and Experience
Artist in Residence, Bundanon, NSW Nov-Dec 08
Meet the Composer Soloist Champions Concerts, Hallwalls in Buffalo, Symphony Space NYC and SUNY Purchase 2008
Visiting Fellow at New College, Oxford, Hillary Term spring 2004
Ibsen’s A Doll House (role of on-stage pianist) with Mabou Mines Theatre
Concerts @ New Music New Haven, Roulette, Knitting Factory, Music at the
Anthology, The Kitchen, Princeton Composers Concerts.
Wija Balinese Puppet Theater at MassMoca and MIT 2001
Lecture 'Dialogue with Nature' on 19th Century Australian and American landscape painting and relationships to music at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1998.
Teaching Experience
Music Faculty, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT (04-present)
Yale-Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, new music workshop (97, 98, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10)
Guest Masterclass Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (09)
Manhattan School of Music 2007- 2008 - guest piano instructor
Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne, residency (98, 05, 07, 10)
NYU Artist Masterclass Series, Steinhardt, Feb 2009
Bang On A Can Summer Institute, MassMoca, North Adams, MA (02-04)
Visiting Associate Professor, 2002-3, Eastman School of Music (piano and chamber music, and Arts Leadership Course: Janacek, Ligeti, Rzewski and beyond)
Masterclasses at Eastman School of Music, Crane School of Music,
University of South Carolina, Victorian College of Arts Melbourne,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, SUNY Stonybrook, Bard College,
Westminister College, PA (96-2001)
Australian Youth Orchestra National Music Camp -keyboard coach (01, 04)
Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, piano, chamber music (89-97)
Hoff-Barthelson Music School, Scarsdale NY, piano faculty (88-97)
NSW Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia, artist-in-residence- piano, chamber music coaching, lectures , concerts, conducting (92,93)
University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, artist-in-residence, piano, chamber music, lectures, concerts (91)
Private lessons instructor in New York since 1988