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associated artistsMarilyn Nonken is recognized as "one of the greatest interpreters of new music" (American Record Guide) and "a pianist from music’s leading edge" (New York Times). Dedicated to the contemporary repertoire, she performs as a soloist throughout the US, Europe, and Australia. She plays with Ensemble 21 and the Group for Contemporary Music (New York), and Elision (Melbourne/Brisbane), and also has recorded for New World, CRI, Tzadik, Innova, Mode, Lovely Music, Albany, and Metier. She attended the Eastman School and holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Currently Director of Piano Studies at New York University, Marilyn is a Steinway Artist. artistic directorGeorge Hunka graduated from Bard College in 1983 with a bachelors' degree in Languages and Literature, where he also wrote the texts and monologues that appear in Eric Saks' film Suddenly I Burst Into Another. In the mid-1980s he spent two years as the managing producer at the now-defunct Theatre Center Philadelphia, which also premiered his play Neurotica and his adaptation of Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine. His plays include Stupid (1999/2000), Light at Midnight (2004), Sustaining (2004), In Private (2005), In Public (2005/2006), Bridal Suite (2006) and States of Exception (2007). He has also reviewed and written about theatre on a freelance basis for The New York Times. He was also the recipient of a 2007 Albee Foundation Fellowship. |