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Maya Beiser

Maya Beiser is an Israeli-born American cellist, performing artist, producer and activist who lives in New York City. A brilliant cellist with a stunning command of her instrument, she has an international career as a performer and recording artist. Beiser was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her French mother and Argentine father, and graduated from Yale University School of Music. The New Yorker magazine described her as a "cello goddess" [1] and the San Francisco Chronicle called her "the queen of contemporary cello".[2][3]

Biography

Beiser has been known for her virtuosity, her unusual concert presentations and her eclectic repertoire. She has collaborated with composers Louis Andriessen, Douglas J. Cuomo, Tan Dun, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Osvaldo Golijov, Michael Harrison, Steve Reich, Simon Shaheen, and David Lang among many others. Beiser has toured as the featured cello soloist of Philip Glass's Naqoyqatsi, having appeared at the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center Festival, the World Expo in Nagoya, Japan, and in Barcelona, Paris, and San Francisco.

Her multimedia concert "World To Come" premiered as part of the inaugural season of Carnegie Hall's new venue, Zankel Hall. Her "World To Come" solo tour included performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., UCLA's Royce Hall, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and the Sydney Festival in Australia.

Beiser's performance of Steve Reich's "Cello Counterpoint" which was written for her, is featured on the Nonesuch CD "You Are," which was chosen by The New York Times as one of the top albums of 2005. She is the soloist on the Sony Classical CD release of Tan Dun's "Water Passion," and has performed his Academy Award-winning score "Crouching Tiger" Concerto with orchestras around the globe, including the China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Eos Orchestra, and Sydney Symphony.

Beiser was the founding cellist of the new music ensemble, the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

Projects

Discography

  • 2012 Time Loops with composer/pianist Michael Harrison (Cantaloupe Music)
  • 2010 Provenance (Innova)
  • 2008 The Happening (2008 film) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Varèse Sarabande Records[4]
  • 2007 Almost Human (KOCH International Classics)
  • 2005 Steve Reich You Are (Nonesuch Records)
  • 2003 World to Come (KOCH International Classics)
  • 2000 Caught by Sky with Wire The Maya Beiser / Steven Schick Project (oodiscs inc)
  • 2000 Kinship (KOCH International Classics)
  • 1999 Oblivión with Anthony de Mare, pianist (KOCH International Classics)
  • 1994 The Cello Music of Gubaidulina and Ustvolskaya (KOCH International Classics)

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (2003-11-01). "New York Times Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  2. ^ "Coca-Cola Artist Residencies". Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  3. ^ Hurwitt, Robert; Kosman, Joshua. "San Francisco Reviews". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  4. ^ "The Happening Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Varèse Sarabande. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-04-23. [dead link]
  5. ^ Dan Goldwasser (2008-03-15). "James Newton Howard scores M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2008-03-15.

Maya Beiser on NPR Tiny Desk Concert

San Francisco Chronicle Review: Maya Beiser Cellist Casts A Rockin Spell

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