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Kathleen Supové is one of America's most acclaimed and versatile
contemporary music pianists, known for continually redefining what it
means to be a pianist/keyboardist/performance artist in today's world.
In addition to her compelling virtuosity, she is also known for her
boundary-breaking ways of breaking the wall between performer and
audience. 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 presented solo concerts entitled
The Exploding Piano, in which she has championed the music of
countless contemporary composers—minimalists, postminimalists, and
experimentalists. The most notable are Frederic Rzewski, Louis
Andriessen, Terry Riley, Chinary Ung, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis,
John Adams, and Alvin Curran, as well as younger composers including
Randall Woolf, David Lang, Nick Didkovsky, Eve Beglarian, Daniel
Bernard Roumain, John Zorn, Carolyn Yarnell, Phil Kline, Lukas Ligeti,
Kitty Brazelton, Aaron Jay Kernis, Mary Ellen Childs, Michael
Daugherty, Marti Epstein, Patrick Grant, Eleanor Sandresky, Dan
Becker, Elaine Kaplinsky, Dafna Naphtali, Jed Distler, Nicholas
Brooke, Lois V Vierk, Marita Bolles, Gene Pritsker, Robert Carl, Rob
Zuidam, Belinda Reynolds and many others. She is also involved in
commissioning projects with even younger, emerging composers such as
the iconoclastic Michael Gatonska, singer/performance artist Corey
Dargel, composer/video v.j. Peter Kirn, and Gameboy composer
Bubblyfish.
The Exploding Piano has become a multimedia experience by using
electronics, theatrical elements, vocal rants, performance art,
staging, and collaboration with artists from other disciplines. This
has taken on several different dimensions. First, Ms. Supové has been
commissioning and presenting a new repertory of works for piano and
electronics. Secondly, she has been presenting a number of Concert
Theater works, most notably the evening-length staged piece for
singing/reciting/moving pianist called Jitters, (music by Randall
Woolf and texts/directing by Valeria Vasilevski). Furthermore, her
Exploding Piano concerts almost always have original monologues and
theatrical sketches surrounding the pieces. Kathleen is a featured
performer in the Summer 2000 issue of Yale Theater Journal, which is
devoted to Concert Theater. In 2001, she was made a Yamaha Artist and
is working on a long-term project of commissioning a body of works for
Yamaha Disklavier. She has done dance collaborations with The Bill T.
Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Susan Marshall and Co., Heidi Latsky,
and Nami Yamamoto. Ms. Supové has received commissioning and
production grants from Meet The Composer, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable
Trust, The Greenwall Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and
American Composers Forum, among others.
She has appeared with The Lincoln Center Festival, The Philip Glass
Ensemble, Bang On a Can Marathon, Music at the Anthology, Composers'
Collaborative, Inc., and at many other venues, ranging from concert
halls such as Carnegie to theatrical spaces such as The Kitchen to
clubs such as The Knitting Factory and The Cutting Room. She is
currently an artist-in-residence at The Flea Theater in NYC, where she
regularly presents her newest Exploding Piano concerts each season.
Recently, she was a featured performer in two prestigious festivals:
The Ussachevsky Memorial Festival (Pomona College, Claremont, CA) and
the NIME Festival (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) in New York
City.
In 2004, Ms. Supové released Infusion on the Koch International
Classics label, featuring four contemporary solo works for piano and
electronics. It is available through CDBaby, iTunes, and other digital
sales outlets. Other recordings can be found on the Tzadik, CRI,
Innova, New World, Neuma, Bridge, Centaur, OO, and XI labels.
Besides being a soloist, Kathleen is a member of the art-rock band Dr.
Nerve. She also curates Music With A View, a free music + discussion
series at The Flea Theater.
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"What Ms. Supové is really exploding is the piano recital as we have
known it, a mission more radical and arguably more needed." Anthony
Tommasini, NY Times
"This was classical music played like the best rock'n'roll. It was
passionate, earnest, loud and more complex than the gatekeepers of
high culture would like to think. Brava." Ben Sisario, NY Press
Kathleen Supové is one of America's most acclaimed and versatile
contemporary music pianists, known for continually redefining what it
means to be a pianist/keyboardist/performance artist 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. A
recent large-scale project is an evening-length, staged Concert
Theater work for singing/reciting/moving pianist called Jitters, with
music by Randall Woolf and texts by Valeria Vasilevski. In 2001,
Kathleen was made a Yamaha Artist and is working on a long-term
project of commissioning works for Yamaha Disklavier. She has received
grants from Meet The Composer, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust,
Greenwall Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and American
Composers Forum, among others.
Kathleen is a featured performer in the Summer 2000 issue of Yale
Theater Journal, which is devoted to Concert Theater. She has appeared
with The Lincoln Center Festival, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Bang On a
Can Marathon, Music at the Anthology, The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
Dance Company, Composers' Collaborative, Inc., and at many other
venues, ranging from concert halls to theatrical spaces to clubs. Her
most recent CD is INFUSION, released on the International Classics
label, which features music for solo piano and electronics by Randall
Woolf, Carolyn Yarnell, Marti Epstein, and Elaine Kaplinsky. It is
available from CDBaby, iTunes, and other online stores. Other
recordings can be found on the Tzadik, CRI, Innova, New World, Neuma,
Bridge, Centaur, OO, and XI labels.
Besides being a soloist, Kathy is a member of the art-rock band Dr.
Nerve. She also curates a free music + discussion series for The Flea
Theater called Music With A View. Visit www.supove.com and
myspace.com/supove for more information.
300 word biography
"What Ms. Supové is really exploding is the piano recital as we have
known it, a mission more radical and arguably more needed." Anthony
Tommasini, NY Times
"This was classical music played like the best rock'n'roll. It was
passionate, earnest, loud and more complex than the gatekeepers of
high culture would like to think. Brava." Ben Sisario, NY Press
Kathleen Supové is one of America's most acclaimed and versatile
contemporary music pianists, known for continually redefining what it
means to be a pianist/keyboardist/performance artist in today's world.
She annually presents a series of solo concerts entitled The Exploding
Piano, in which 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. The Exploding Piano is a multimedia experience using
electronics, theatrical elements, vocal rants, performance art,
staging, and collaboration with artists from other disciplines. She
has received commissioning and production grants from Meet The
Composer, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Greenwall Foundation,
and American Composers Forum, among others.
Kathleen has appeared with The Lincoln Center Festival, The Philip
Glass Ensemble, Bang On a Can Marathon, Music at the Anthology, The
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Composers' Collaborative,
Inc., and at many other venues, ranging from concert halls to
theatrical spaces to clubs. Her most recent CD is INFUSION, released
on the International Classics label, which features music for solo
piano and electronics by Randall Woolf, Carolyn Yarnell, Marti
Epstein, and Elaine Kaplinsky. Other recordings can be found on the
Tzadik, CRI, Innova, New World, Neuma, Bridge, Centaur, OO, and XI
labels.
Besides being a soloist, Kathy is a member of the art-rock band Dr.
Nerve. She also curates a free music + discussion series for The Flea
Theater called Music With A View. Visit www.supove.com and
myspace.com/supove for more information.
150 word biography
Kathleen Supové is one of America's most acclaimed and versatile
contemporary music pianists. She regularly presents a series of solo
concerts entitled The Exploding Piano, in which she has performed and
premiered works by the world's leading composers as well as countless
emerging ones. The Exploding Piano is a multimedia experience that
employs theatrical elements, vocal rants, performance art, staging,
electronics, and collaboration with artists from other disciplines.
Kathleen has appeared with The Lincoln Center Festival, The Philip
Glass Ensemble, Bang On a Can Marathon, Music at the Anthology, The
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and other venues, ranging from
concert halls to theatrical spaces to clubs. Her most recent CD is
INFUSION, released on the International Classics label, which features
music for solo piano and electronics. Other recordings can be found on
the Tzadik, CRI, Innova, New World, Neuma, Bridge, Centaur, OO, and XI
labels. Visit www.supove.com and myspace.com/supove for more
information.
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