Beata Moon (born 1969) is a

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classical pianist and

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Biography

Moon was born in North Dakota and raised in Indiana. She made her musical debut at age 8 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Moon trained as a pianist at the Juilliard School with Adele Marcus earning both her bachelor's and master's degrees there. She is self-taught as a composer.

Work

Moon's compositions are compared to

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, but defy a strict definition of genre. She released ''Perigee & Apogee'' in 2001 on the Albany label and ''Earthshine'' on her own label, Bibimbop Records in 2004. In 2007,

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added a CD of her works for solo piano, performed by Moon herself, to their catalog of important 21st-century composers. Her work has been acclaimed by

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, ''

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'', Allmusic, and others. Moon has frequently collaborated with choreographer

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and his company SENSEDANCE. "After Yet Another Fall" (1992), "Dolphins and Antelopes" (1996), "Moonpaths" (1998), "Dinner is West" (2005) and "Tenancy" (2011) are among her commissions for the company. Rübsam choreographed to other works by Moon, including her "In Transit" from 1999 which was used for the choreographer's "Amaranthine Road" (2007). She also has gained notability for performing a series of "Whodunit?" concerts at such venues as the Kennedy Center, in which the program notes are not provided until the end of the concert.

The Beata Moon Ensemble

The Beata Moon Ensemble debuted on February 22, 2002 at Columbia University's Miller Theatre with

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as the featured soloist. *Beata Moon, piano * Tara Helen O'Connor,

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* Jacqueline Leclair, oboe * Marianne Gythfeldt,

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* Ann Ellsworth, french horn * Laura Koepke,

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(adjunct instructor of music at Western Connecticut State University)

Discography

Perigee & Apogee (Jan 1, 2000)

*Safari (2000) - performed by Beata Moon/David Fedele/Tom Chiu/Makoto Nakura/Thomas Kolor *Piano Fantasy (1998) - performed by Beata Moon *Moonpaths (1998) - performed by Beata Moon/Alan R. Kay/Karen Marx *Submerged (1999) - performed by Beata Moon *Antelope Vamp (1996) - performed by Beata Moon/Tom Chiu/Makoto Nakura/Thomas Kolor *Winter Sky (1996) - performed by Beata Moon/Chin Kim *In Transit (1999) - performed by Beata Moon *Mary (1996) - performed by Beata Moon/Joan La Barbara/Tom Chiu/Danny Mallon *Prelude (1996) - performed by Beata Moon

Earthshine (Nov 20, 2004)

*Movement (2002) *Illusions (2000) *Nursery (1996) *Guernica (2003) *String Quartet: Homage to

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(2000) *1,2,3 (2002) *Vignettes (2003/04) *3 Songs for My Parents 1 Corinthians 13, John 3:16">1_Corinthians_13.html" ;"title="1 Corinthians 13">1 Corinthians 13, John 3:16, Psalm 121](1996) *Sonnet 18, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day (2000) *Wind Quintet (2004)

Piano Works (Jun 26, 2007)

*Piano Sonata (2006) *Submerged (1999) *In Transit (1999) *Guernica (2003) *Inter-Mez-Zo (2006) *Tocatta (2000) *Ode (1998) *Piano Fantasy (1998) *Nursery (1996) *The Secret (2005) *Prelude (1996)

References

Sources

*Kourlas, Gia (November 10, 2008)
"Good Looks, Classical and Cloudy"
'' The New York Times''. *Hsu,Andrea (December 30, 2021)
“A Musician in New York”
“ NPR”.

External links

official siteSENSEDANCEWQXR Radio
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