Moon: Piano Works

Featuring

Beata Moon

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Beata Moon's music is unbeholden to compositional trends yet informed by a wide range of music history, and her Piano Sonata maintains a characteristic buoyancy.

Composer Biography

Beata Moon, a Korean-American composer/pianist/educator, was primarily self-taught as a composer but vigorously trained as a pianist, making her orchestral debut at age eight.

Performer Biography

Beata Moon, the pianist on this recording, was hailed by the New York Times as one of today's 'established new music pianists'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beata Moon's work 'Guernica' is a personal and intentionally unsettling response to Bush's declaration of war on Iraq, beginning in 11/8 time.

Recording & Production

This album, featuring Beata Moon's first decade of piano compositions, was recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, NY, using a Fazioli 278 concert grand piano.

Composer Biography

Beata Moon took a break from playing after graduating from the Juilliard School in 1990 to reassess her musical path, during which she discovered her passion for composing and teaching.