The Ensemble
Gwen Hoebig, violin
Karl Stobbe, violin
Daniel Scholz, viola
Yuri Hooker, cello
David Moroz, piano
Special Guests
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Desmond Hoebig, cello
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Guest Performers
Alexandra Eastley, bassoon
Patricia Evans, horn
Micah Heilbrunn, clarinet
Meredith Johnson, bass
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Performer Biographies
David Moroz, piano
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A graduate of the
Juilliard School,
Winnipeg-born pianist David Moroz enjoys a career as one of Canada's most
versatile artists. As a soloist he has performed in every major Canadian
city, and as a collaborative artist he appears regularly in recital with
Canada's most distinguished musicians. A gifted and dedicated teacher, he was
guest instructor at
The Banff Centre's
Special Studies for Young Musicians in the mid-1990s, and in
1998 was named to the Extended Faculty of the
Conservatory at Mount Royal University
in Calgary, Canada's leading institution for the education of young
musicians.
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 Dvořák quintet with the
Shanghai String Quartet.
In recent seasons he has appeared in recital with
the renowned Taiwanese-American violinist
Cho-Liang Lin and
with the eminent viola virtuoso
Roberto Diaz,
and also appeared as solo pianist with the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra,
performing Alexander Scriabin's legendary score Prometheus;
he has 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.
His recording From the Heartland with violinist
Erika Raum was recently nominated for Classical Recording of the
Year at the
Western Canadian Music Awards.
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David Moroz
(photo: Andrew Sikorsky)
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(biography current as of October, 2011)
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