Oct 23 2023 56 mins
Peter Kiesewalter creates at the divergent edge -- at the intersection of art and science. In this case, he's working at the edge of ecology and biology along with music and location-based entertainment with The Moth Project. It's a live experience in beautiful places with the stories of moths and their lives to music. Over his varied career in music, he has worked to keep evolving . . . from clarinet to klezmer to ABC News music to all sorts of arranging and composing. He shares his journey and invites us to think more expansively about what it means to create music, take risks, and grow over time in a creative career.
Guest: Peter Kiesewalter, Artist and Instrumentalist, The Moth Project
Peter Kiesewalter studied clarinet and saxophone performance at Ottawa University. He moved to New York City in 1997 and has worked as a touring/recording musician, composer, arranger, Music Director, and producer ever since, most notably with his East Village Opera Company project which signed to Decca/Universal in 2005, garnered much acclaim (“highbrow and brilliant” – New York Magazine Approval Matrix) and a GRAMMY nomination for their modernist take on classic Opera repertoire. He splits his time between Brooklyn with his three children and an upstate NY 18th-century farmhouse that he bought and renovated with his partner Whitney La Grange.
What are you most passionate about with your current work? : The message that the simple act of "paying attention" to the natural world can have a profound impact on our planet.
Links:
- The Moth Project - https://www.mothprojectlive.com
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-kiesewalter-062a7a8
- East Village Opera Company - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063550578140
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