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Nataliya Medvedovskaya
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsNataliya Medvedovskaya, a composer and pianist, was born in 1974 in Saint Petersburg. She graduated with a double major from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where her composition teacher was Sergei... -
Yekaterina Merkulyeva
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsYekaterina Merkulyeva was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She graduated with honors from the piano department of the Rimsky Korsakov College of Music under Galina Orlovskaia. She studied composition with... -
Scott D. Miller
Posted on May 17, 2010 | No CommentsScott D. Miller has studied composition with Milton Babbitt and Paul Lansky, as well as clarinet with David Krakauer. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Miller also has earned an MFA... -
Gayther Myers
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsGayther Myers, composer, while considering himself self-taught, studied music composition with Walter Aschaffenberg, and Joseph Wood at the Oberlin Conservatory, with Caesar Bresgen at the Mozarteum, and with Stanley Wolfe... -
Miki Nakanishi
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No CommentsMiki Nakanishi is a composer, jazz pianist and an educator. Born in Japan, she moved to the United States in 1993 to study music. She has studied composition with David... -
Nailah Nombeko
Posted on May 3, 2010 | No CommentsNailah Nombeko, a native of Harlem, New York, comes from a musical family. She began playing by ear when she was 3 years old and enrolled in the Preparatory Division... -
Joseph Pehrson
Posted on May 1, 2010 | No CommentsJOSEPH PEHRSON, composer, (b. Detroit, 1950) has written works for a wide variety of media including orchestra and chamber works. They have been performed at numerous venues including Merkin Hall,... -
David Picton
Posted on April 15, 2010 | No CommentsDavid Picton, has been living in New York City since 1976. He graduated Mannes College of Music in 1980 with a BM in composition. He has had numerous performances of... -
Frank Retzel
Posted on April 1, 2010 | No CommentsFrank Retzel has had an accomplished career as a composer, conductor, performer and educator. He began musical studies at an early age and holds several degrees from Wayne State University... -
Dana Dimitri Richardson
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsDana Dimitri Richardson is a composer and music theorist whose seminal work on the 21st century harmonic system, syntonality, is published online by the Goldberg Stiftung. After earning a Ph.D.... -
Richard D. Russell
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsA multi-year ASCAPlus winner, Richard D. Russell’s music has been performed internationally and at prominent venues in New York. Highlights include a September 11, 2002 memorial performance of “Remembrances” at... -
Inessa Segal
Posted on February 15, 2010 | No CommentsInessa Segal, a composer and pianist, was born in 1963 in Kiev, Ukraine. She graduated with a Music Major from the Kiev Conservatory, where she studied piano and composition. She... -
Cesar Vuksic
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsCesar Vuksic, pianist, composer and painter, has appeared throughout the USA, South America, Europe and Japan as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra and chamber musician. He has premiered numerous compositions... -
Matt Weber
Posted on October 3, 2009 | No CommentsMatt Weber started composing in the year 2000 while a student at Simon’s Rock College of Bard. His composition teacher there was Laurence Wallach. He also studied classical piano at...