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Blair McMillen is know for imaginative and daring programming, he plays a repertoire that spans from late-medieval keyboard manuscripts to today's up-and-coming younger generation of composers. Recent appearances include the Moscow Conservatory, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Concerten Tot en Met (Amsterdam), Harvard University, Casals Hall (Tokyo), and Carnegie's Zankel Hall. Recent solo programs have included performances of selections from the Codex Faenza, a New York recital of music inspired by the art of improvisation, and the U.S. premieres of solo pieces by Frederic Rzewski and Giacinto Scelsi. Dedicated to new and groundbreaking projects, McMillen is committed to performing the music of today. He is the pianist for the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players as well as the downtown NYC-based Avian Music and American Modern Ensemble. A self-taught jazz pianist, he is regularly involved in improvisation projects ranging from the straight-ahead to the avant-garde. McMillen has performed with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, American Symphony Orchestra, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, soprano Lucy Shelton, clarinetist David Krakauer, Colorado String Quartet, and St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, McMillen holds degrees from Oberlin College, Manhattan School of Music, and The Juilliard School.
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To learn more about this artist, visit http://blairmcmillen.com.
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