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Vicki
Ray, pianist,
performs widely as soloist and collaborative artist. In addition
the to Ear Unit Vicki is also a member of Xtet and the Southwest
Chamber Music Society. Recent concerts include a NPR broadcast at the
Kennedy Center premiering a new work for piano and violin written for
Ms. Ray and Robin Lorentz by composer John Adams. She has also been featured
on the LA Philharmonic Green Umbrella series, with the LA Chamber Orchestra,
with the German ensemble Compania, and the Blue Rider ensemble of Toronto.
Other appearances include the Berlin 750 Jahre festival and the Ojai festival.She
has had works written for her by composers John Adams, Paul Dresher, Arthur
Jarvinen and Donald Crockett.
Ms. Ray is a founding artist of PianoSpheres, a concert series devoted to less familiar repertory for piano solo. Her inaugural PianoSpheres recital was hailed by the Los Angeles Times for displaying "that kind of musical thoroughness and technical panache that puts a composer's thought directly before the listener." In 1989 Ms. Ray was the first place winner in the NACUSA competition for performers of contemporary music. A member of the piano faculty at the California Institute of the Arts since 1991, her recordings can be found on the New World,CRI, Mode and Tzadik labels. |