Miranda cuckson biography

Violinist and violist Miranda Cuckson enjoys performing both as a soloist and chamber musician and is a favorite of audiences for her playing of a range of repertoire, from older works to the newest creations. From a wide grounding in the classical repertoire, she has in recent years become one of the most active performers of contemporary music. She appears in concert halls large and small, schools and universities, galleries and informal spaces.

She played the Elgar concerto with the Aspen Festival Orchestra as winner of their concerto competition. A passionate recording artist, her upcoming album of solo violin music of Wolpe, Carter and Ferneyhough will add to her adventurous and varied discography.

A passionate performer and enthusiastic participant in many music groups and collaborations, she is also the.

For these projects she was awarded grants from the Copland Fund four times in a row and the Ditson Fund. As guest curator in the inaugural year at National Sawdust, she presented premieres of new works and performed solo and with ensembles. Starr Fellow. She has given masterclasses and seminars at numerous conservatories and universities.

An organization that has championed American music of the 20th and 21st century with passion and panache. A leader in contemporary opera and classical music in America.

A US citizen of Austrian, English, and Taiwanese descent, she was born in Australia to composer Robert Cuckson and pianist May Yang Cuckson.

A unique, scrappy and invaluable ensemble…long may this group continue. Institutions everywhere are now struggling to broadcast their own wokeness, but BMOP has been doing this work all along. Without doubt BMOP has become an absolutely essential force in the field, a purveyor of not just new things to hear — but new ways of hearing, of understanding, and of celebrating the vibrant yet oftentimes near-invisible tradition of American symphonic music of the last century.

Much of the most interesting work is being done by groups led by the conductor Gil Rose, whose Boston Modern Orchestra Project continues to shine in overlooked music from the last century. The Boston Modern Orchestra Project continues to put every other symphony orchestra in the country to shame, at least in terms of its fresh, varied recordings.

BMOP and Gil Rose invariably well prepare and execute beautiful concerts featuring living and breathing composers.