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Maya Beiser is an United States|American cellist who lives in New York City . She has an international career as a performer and recording artist. She was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her France|French mother and Argentina|Argentine father, and graduated from Yale University School of Music. The New Yorker magazine described her as a “cello goddess” cite news|url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9D03E7DC1230F932A35752C1A9659C8B63 |title=New York Times Review|accessdate=2008-05-01 | work=The New York Times | first=Anthony | last=Tommasini | date=2003-11-01 and the San Francisco Chronicle called her “the queen of contemporary cello”.cite web|url= http://www.arts.emory.edu/coke/music.html |title=Coca-Cola Artist Residencies|accessdate=2008-05-01 cite news|url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2003/11/30/PKGVE374F31.DTL& hw=maya+beiser& sn=001& sc=1000|title=San Francisco Reviews|accessdate=2008-05-01 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | first1=Robert | last1=Hurwitt | first2=Joshua | last2=Kosman
Biography
Beiser has been known for her virtuosity, her unusual concert presentations and her eclectic repertoire. She has collaborated with composers Louis Andriessen , Tan Dun , Brian Eno , Philip Glass , Osvaldo Golijov , Michael Harrison (musician)|Michael Harrison , Steve Reich , Simon Shaheen , and David Lang (composer)|David Lang among many others. Beiser has toured as the featured cello soloist of Philip Glass’s Naqoyqatsi, having appeared at the Sydney Opera House , Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Festival , the World Expo in Nagoya, Japan , and in Barcelona , Paris , and San Francisco .
Her multimedia concert “World To Come” premiered in 2004 as part of the inaugural season of Carnegie Hall ’s new venue, Zankel Hall. Her “World To Come” solo tour included performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center in Washington DC, UCLA's Royce Hall , the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts|Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the Ravinia Park|Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and the Sydney Festival in Australia.
Beiser’s performance of Steve Reich’s "Cello Counterpoint" which was written for her, is featured on the Nonesuch CD “You Are,” which was chosen by The New York Times as one of the top albums of 2005. She is the soloist on the Sony Classical CD release of Tan Dun’s “Water Passion,” and has performed his Academy Award -winning score "Crouching Tiger" Concerto with orchestras around the globe, including the China Philharmonic Orchestra|China Philharmonic , Shanghai Symphony Orchestra|Shanghai Symphony , Montreal Symphony Orchestra|Montreal Symphony , Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra , Utah Symphony Orchestra|Utah Symphony , Eos Orchestra, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra|Sydney Symphony .
Beiser was the founding cellist of the new music ensemble, the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
Projects
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Discography
2010 Provenance (Innova)
2008 The Happening (2008 film) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Varese Sarabande Recordscite web |url= http://www.varesesarabande.com/upcoming.asp? upcoming%5Fid=1& size=8 |work=Varese Sarabande |accessdate=2008-04-23 |date=2008-04-22 |title= The Happening Original Motion Picture SoundtrackDead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
2000 Caught by Sky with Wire The Maya Beiser / Steven Schick Project (oodiscs inc)
2000 Kinship (KOCH International Classics)
1999 Oblivión with Anthony de Mare, pianist (KOCH International Classics)
1994 The Cello Music of Gubaidulina and Ustvolskaya (KOCH International Classics)
Filmography
Featured soloist on M. Night Shyamalan 's The Happening (2008 film) cite news | author=Dan Goldwasser | url= http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/131 | title=James Newton Howard scores M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening | work=ScoringSessions.com | date=2008-03-15 | accessdate=2008-03-15
Featured soloist on Denzel Washington 's The Great Debaters
Featured soloist on Edward Zwick 's Blood Diamond (film)|Blood Diamond
References
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External links
http://www.mayabeiser.com Maya Beiser Official Website
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http://www.archive.org/details/MayaBeiserInterview2010-09-26 Interview September 26, 2010 on Outsight Radio Hours
http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s.html TED.com: Maya Beiser(s) and her cello(s)
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