Moira Lo Bianco at Zinc Bar - following interview and Q&A with Romy Oltuski and Sergey Goordev
Thu, May 26
|Zinc Bar
The concert will draw on Moira’s diverse musical inspirations, including original compositions influenced by classical, jazz and middle-eastern styles and a selection of compositions from European classical repertoire re-arranged, including improvisation.
Time & Location
May 26, 2016, 7:00 PM
Zinc Bar, 82 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012, USA
About the Event
"Moira Lo Bianco has used her impressive classical training as a vehicle for building a new kind of musical expression - she is a "piano explorer", an inventor and a joyful and exciting improviser. She is a brilliant pianist and composer with a unique voice."
- Stephany Tiernan Steinway Artist since 2005 and Berklee College of Music Piano Department Chair
Moira undertook classical piano performance at F. Torrefranca Conservatory in Vibo Valentia, in 2004. Soonafter, she undertook graduate studies at The University of Tor Vergata and completed her Bachelor of Arts with an ethnomusicology thesis on Calabrian folk music and its traditions. Under the tutelage of Oscar award-winning composer Luis Bacalov, Moira studied film scoring at Siena's Accademia Chigiana. Looking to develop her ability as a pianist, composer and arranger, she received a scholarship to pursue further studies at Berklee College of Music and graduated with Summa Cum…