Kathleen Supové is one of America’s most acclaimed and versatile contemporary music pianists, known for continually redefining what a pianist/keyboardist/performance artist is, in today’s world. After winning top prizes in the Gaudeamus International Competition for Interpretation of Contemporary Music, she began her career as a guest artist at the prestigious Darmstadt Festival in Germany. Since then, Ms. Supové has annually presented a series of solo concerts entitled THE EXPLODING PIANO. In this series, she has performed and premiered works by a list of established and emerging composers that’s a Who’s Who of contemporary music for piano. She has especially championed music of compelling virtuosity and audience connection. In recent seasons, she has developed The Exploding Piano into a multimedia experience by using electronics, theatrical elements, vocal rants, performance art, staging, and collaboration with artists from other disciplines. She is involvled in an ongoing project of commissioning a repertoire of pieces for piano and electronics.
In May, 2012, Supové received the John Cage Award from ASCAP for “the artistry and passion with which she performs, commissions, records, and champions the music of our time.” Recent projects include recording the complete PIANO MINIATURES by Mohammed Fairouz, DIGITAL DEBUSSY, the piano works/ghost pieces of Morton Subotnick, and performances throughout the UK of URBAN BIRDS by Arlene Sierra, as part of Britain’s New Music Biennial (available on iTunes). In June 2013, she and SIDEBAND, The Princeton Laptop Orchestra performed and gave a GOOGLE TALK at their headquarters in Chelsea, NYC. In March 2014, she premiered Randall Woolf’s Kickboxing Concerto, BATTERY in NYC, followed immediately by a guest artist residency at this year’s SEAMUS Conference at Wesleyan University. This fall, she will be touring with her DIGITAL DEBUSSY repertoire, as well as performing major piano and electronic works of Neil Rolnick.
Kathleen Supové is a Yamaha Artist. Her latest solo CD is THE EXPLODING PIANO; this and INFUSION are available through CD Baby, Amazon, and iTunes. Other recordings can be found on the Tzadik, CRI, Innova, New World, Neuma, Bridge, Centaur, OO, and XI labels. Ms. Supové is also the keyboard player for the art-rock band, Dr. Nerve. For more info, visit www.supove.com or follow her on Facebook or Twitter (@supove).
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Through a combination of original music, improvisation and collaboration with leading composers of his generation, percussion soloist Owen Weaver’s “intensely focused” (Gramophone) performances combine the forces of rhythm, noise, beauty and stasis while seeking the musical potential in everyday life. He uses recycled objects, home made instruments and electronic sounds to construct a kaleidoscopic sound world ranging from the visceral to sublime, clangorous to hypnotic. To that end he has appeared twice in the NYC-based Wordless Music Series as well as the MATA Interval Series, Fast Forward Austin, Hartford New Music Festival, two Nonclassical Records SXSW official showcases and National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered.
Synchromy is a composers’ collaborative producing engaging new music events that foster greater understanding and connections between the people of Los Angeles, elevating the presence of the music being created here and around the world.
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Brooklyn based pianist Karl Larson is a specialist in the music of our time, consistently presenting adventurous programs. Karl has premiered many solo piano and chamber pieces, including substantial works by David Rakowski, Ken Thomson, Robert Honstein, Chris Cerrone, and Ravi Kittappa. He is also well versed in the modern canon, having presented concerts featuring the music of Olivier Messiaen, Morton Feldman, Pierre Boulez, and György Ligeti. Recent performances of note include Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories, John Cage’s HPSCHD, and Tristan Perich’s Dual Synthesis for harpsichord and one-bit electronics.