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PERFORMER/ARTIST BIOS Michael Matthews, composer (Canada) Michael Matthews’ music has been performed in countries around the world. He has been the recipient of numerous commissions and awards; in 2000, he held a Rockefeller Foundation residency at the Bellagio Center in Italy. His orchestral work Two Interludes was awarded third prize in the 1997 du Maurier Arts Ltd. <strong>New</strong> <strong>Music</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> Canadian Composers Competition. He has also received Canada Council and Manitoba Arts Council grants, the <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Rh Institute Award for interdisciplinary research, a residency at the EMS computer music studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and a prize in the Premio <strong>Music</strong>ale Cittá di Trieste, Italy for his orchestral piece The Wind Was There. Diana McIntosh, composer & performer (Canada) Bravo TV called Diana McIntosh a national treasure. With a dynamic stage presence, she has an active career as a distinctive, provocative, and innovative composer, pianist and performance artist, having performed throughout Canada, widely in the U.S., in Europe and Nairobi, Kenya. She has been commissioned by many soloists, ensembles, and by the WSO and CBC. Most recently, CBC commissioned a piano Prelude and Fugue for their Glenn Gould celebration concert in Toronto, and Prodigies of the Nose for percussion and piano. In October 2009, she performed in the premiere of her theatrical The Rehearsal’s the Thing for four speaking/playing musicians. David Moroz, piano <strong>Winnipeg</strong>-born pianist David Moroz enjoys a career as one of Canada's most versatile artists. He has performed in every major Canadian city and appears regularly in recital with Canada's most distinguished musicians. Mr. Moroz was awarded a doctor of music degree from the University of Montreal, and holds both bachelor and master of music degrees from the celebrated Juilliard School in <strong>New</strong> York City. He has been artistic director of The <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Chamber <strong>Music</strong> Society since 1987, and was appointed to the University of Manitoba's Faculty of <strong>Music</strong> in 1999, where he is coordinator of the Piano Department. Nico Muhly, composer (U.S.A.) The music of <strong>New</strong> York–based composer Nico Muhly has been played by such ensembles as eighth blackbird, the Britten Sinfonia, the Chicago <strong>Symphony</strong>, and the <strong>New</strong> York Philharmonic, and sung by soloists including David Daniels, Mark Padmore and Jessica Rivera. In addition to numerous recordings of his own music (available on Decca and Bedroom Community Records), he has collaborated on projects with Antony and the Johnsons, Björk, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Grizzly Bear, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, and Teitur Lassen. His first opera, Two Boys, premiered at the English National Opera in June 2011. Dark Sisters, commissioned by the Gotham Chamber Opera, <strong>Music</strong>-Theatre Group, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia premiered in November 2011 in <strong>New</strong> York City. Jesse Plessis, composer (Canada) Jesse Plessis is currently working towards a master of music degree in piano performance at Brandon University. His own arrangement of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the seminal album by The Beatles, received an acclaimed premiere in August 2011. He has been featured in concert programs at the Casalmaggiore <strong>Festival</strong> in Italy, as a guest artist with the Lethbridge <strong>Symphony</strong>, the Musaeus String Quartet, the Land's End Chamber Ensemble, the International Piano Ensemble, and has worked with composers John Corigliano and Marcel Bergmann. In May 2011, he was a prize winner in the Women’s <strong>Music</strong>al Club of <strong>Winnipeg</strong> Scholarship Competition. He is also active as a conductor and his compositions have been performed in Canada, Europe, and broadcast on CBC Radio 2. January – February 2012 I OVERTURE 35
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