Performer Biographies

Twice nominated for Manitoba's Artist of the Year, he is a frequent guest of CBC Radio and is a veteran performer at Canada's most important music festivals. A devoted advocate of new music, he has given premieres of dozens of solo and ensemble works, including concertos by Kelly-Marie Murphy (Hammer of the Sorceress) and Gary Kulesha (Partita for piano and orchestra), which was written especially for him.

David 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 New York City. He has been Artistic Director of THE WINNIPEG CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY since 1987, and served as Assistant Program Director for Music and Sound at The Banff Centre from 1995-99. He was appointed to the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Music in 1999, where he heads the Piano Department, and teaches piano, piano repertoire and chamber music. He also serves as Coordinator of the Piano Department at The Morningside Music Bridge, an international summer program featuring the finest young violinists, cellists and pianists from across Canada, China, the United States and Europe. He made his debut in Shanghai in the summer of 2006, performing a recital with the acclaimed American cellist Lynn Harrell, and the Dvorak quintet with the Shanghai String Quartet. In recent seasons he has appeared in recital with the renowned Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and also appeared as solo pianist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing Alexander Scriabin's legendary score Prometheus. Last year he toured the Prairie provinces with saxophonist Allen Harrington under the auspices of Prairie Debut, and also performed as solo pianist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.