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Katy Luo, pianist, is an active
soloist and chamber musician in New York City. Ms.
Luo's performing experience ranges from classical masters
performed on period instruments to the works of Cage, Ligeti,
Schnittke, and other contemporary composers. Known
for her innovative programming, Ms. Luo has presented programs
such as the horn trios of Brahms and Ligeti at the Staller
Center for the Arts, and a collection of dance suites by
Bach, Albeniz, Schoenberg, and Cage at the Bloomingdale School
of Music. Past concerts also include "Tradition Begins, Tradition
Ends," a juxtaposition of pieces by Bach and Stockhausen
at Christ and St. Stephens Church, and "Recompositions," a
reappraisal of pre-existing musical styles in the works of
Henze, Berg, and Dwarka. A highlight of her last season, "Remaking
the Past" presented modern masters in the role of arrangers.
The concert featured Stravinsky's Suite Italienne,
based on Gallo's violin sonata; Ysaÿe's Obsession based
on Bach's Violin Partita BWV 1006; and Arvo Pärt's Mozart-Adagio.
Ms. Luo's past collaborations include performances at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine with members of the Boys
Choir of Harlem, and the Goethe Institute with Christian
Biegai, in a program of saxophone music from 1930s Berlin.
Ms. Luo is an alumnus of the Young Musicians Program, a
community outreach music program at the University of California
at Berkeley. Her passion for and commitment to community
organizations have led to her involvement formerly at the
Boys Choir of Harlem and presently at the Bloomingdale School
of Music. Ms. Luo holds a Bachelor of Music degree
from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Master of Music and
Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the State University
of New York at Stony Brook. |
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