Beata Moon

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Name = Beata Moon


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Born = 1969, North Dakota
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Origin = Indianapolis, Indiana
Instrument = piano
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Genre = Classical
Occupation = composer, pianist, educator
Years_active = 1977-present
Label = BiBimBop
Naxos
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URL = http://www.beatamoon.com
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Beata Moon (b. 1969, North Dakota) is an acclaimed classical pianist and composer, raised in Indiana, making her debut at age 8 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She trained as a pianist at the Juilliard School (Bachelor's and Master's degrees) with Adele Marcus, and self-taught as a composer. She released two CDs of chamber music on BiBimBop Records, "Perigee & Apogee" and "Earthshine". In 2007, Naxos Records 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 Kyle Gann, "Gramophone", Allmusic, and others.

She is of Korean-American descent.

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 Lara St. John as the featured soloist.

*Beata Moon, piano
*Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
*Jacqueline Leclair, oboe
*Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet
*Ann Ellsworth, french horn
*Laura Koepke, bassoon (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 Béla (2000)
*1,2,3 (2002)
*Vignettes (2003/04)
*3 Songs for My Parents (1996)
*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)

External lnks

* [http://www.beatamoon.com official site]