“Miller is one to watch.” - Signal to Noise
“If the new improvisational movement means to convey the spirit of jazz without reiterating its stylistic clichés, then Vancouver-based pianist Lisa Miller deserves to be considered one of its leading lights.” - J.D. Considine, The Globe and Mail
Lisa Miller’s compositions have been premiered by de Bijloke ensemble (Ghent, Belgium) the Tetzepi Bigtet (Amsterdam), mmm… (Tokyo), the Quatuor Bozzini (for the National Film Board of Canada with director Marv Newland, Montreal), Vancouver New Music, Standing Wave, Turning Point Ensemble, The Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society (Vancouver), and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra,The Left Coast Ensemble and Earplay (San Francisco). Miller has directed workshops (for the Now Orchestra and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival) and produced concerts and multi media installations (Vancouver New Music, Costal Jazz and Blues Society, Circus Maximus, Western Front Society). New commissions will be premiered in 2013 by Pianorquestra (Brazil), Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (piano) and François Houle and Jane Hayes (clarinet and piano, Vancouver).
Lisa Miller has performed with international artists Audrey Chen, Nicole Mitchell, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Ig Henneman, Wilbert de Joode, Anne La Berge, Michael Moore, Jean Yves Evrard,Jaochim Badenhorst, Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney, and in Vancouver with Dylan van der Schyff, Peggy Lee, Jesse Zubot, François Houle, Ron Samworth, the NOW Orchestra, Orquestra Futura and ion zoo. Her CDs, The lisa miller octet; Sleep Furiously, Q, waterwall and The lisa miller trio; open have received rave international reviews.
2012
Les compositions de Lisa Miller ont été créées par de Bijloke ensemble (Gand, Belgique), le Tetzepi Bigtet (Amsterdam), mmm… (Tokyo), le Quatuor Bozzini (pour l’Office national du film du Canada avec le réalisateur Marv Newland, Montréal), Vancouver New Music, Standing Wave, le Turning Point Ensemble, la Vancouver Chinese Instrumental Music Society (Vancouver), le Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, le Left Coast Ensemble et Earplay (San Francisco). Lisa Miller a dirigé des ateliers workshops (pour le Now Orchestra et le Vancouver International Jazz Festival) ainsi qu’organisé des concerts et des installations multimédia (Vancouver New Music, Costal Jazz and Blues Society, Circus Maximus, Western Front Society). De nouvelles commandes seront créées en 2013 par Pianorquestra (Brésil), Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (piano) de même que par François Houle et Jane Hayes (clarinette et piano, Vancouver).
Lisa Miller s’est produite avec les artistes internationaux Audrey Chen, Nicole Mitchell, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Ig Henneman, Wilbert de Joode, Anne La Berge, Michael Moore, Jean-Yves Évrard, Jaochim Badenhorst, Eyvind Kang et Jessika Kenney ; et à Vancouver avec Dylan van der Schyff, Peggy Lee, Jesse Zubot, François Houle, Ron Samworth et le NOW Orchestra, Orquestra Futura et ion zoo. Ses CDs – The lisa miller octet, Sleep Furiously, Q, waterwall et The lisa miller trio – ont reçu des éloges dithyrambiques sur la scène internationale.
-2012-
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