The Oxford Philomusica

Seventh International Piano Festival : 23 - 30 July 2005

Faculty - Joanna MacGregor

Joanna MacGregor, one of the most innovative of musicians, divides her time between playing classical, jazz and contemporary music. She has performed with many of the world's great orchestras (including Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic and London Symphony), and eminent conductors (including Boulez, Davis and Rattle) and has premiered several landmark compositions (including Birtwistle, Adams and Hugh Wood). She has collaborated with many leading jazz and pop artists and has devised multimedia projects. Joanna MacGregor made her conducting debut in 2002 and recently directed the Moondog/Art of Fugue tour - a radical re-working of Bach's late great work, alongside the music of the famous 50's New York street musician.

Her album 'Play' on her own record label SoundCircus received a Mercury Prize nomination and she was the subject of a South Bank Show profile in December 2001. Her teaching books 'Piano World' have been hailed as 'worthy of the new millennium'.