Pianist Molly Morkoski made her solo debut in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage in 2007 and has since performed as a soloist and collaborative artist throughout the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and Japan. As a soloist, she enjoys championing both the classics and contemporary masterworks such as Ives’ Concord Sonata and Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, as well as premiering new works of current composer colleagues.
An avid chamber musician, Molly has collaborated with some of today’s leading musicians, including Dawn Upshaw, John Adams, and Orli Shaham, and performed with the Camerata Pacifica and New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among many others. Among the composers she has worked with are John Harbison, Elliott Carter, Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin, Joan Tower, Missy Mazzoli, and Tania Leon. Recent highlights include invitations to present selected works of some notable female American composers and work with students of the Hochschule in Cologne, Germany, and at the University of Missouri Kansas City and the University of South Carolina.
Molly has several larger projects involving film and music with Hollywood producer, Jonathan Sanger. One of these, her “Nocturne Project,” aligns her desire to commission composers and pair their music with fictional narratives that highlight current social and climate concerns. She is also working to realize a pairing of Bach’s Goldberg Variations with abstract live animation. During and after the pandemic, Molly built SoundScore, a community and a platform that connects composers around the globe with high-level performing musicians who regularly champion and premiere original works.
The recipient of numerous awards, Molly is currently Full Professor of Piano at CUNY-Lehman College in the Bronx.
September 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Poetica Musica: Inspired by the Village