Meredith Monk

American composer

Since 1942

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Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records. In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Grand Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2014, she was awarded a National Medal of Arts.

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Meredith Monk, née le 20 novembre 1942 à New York, est une compositrice, chanteuse, réalisatrice, scénariste, actrice, danseuse et chorégraphe américaine. Son travail mêle des éléments de danse, de théâtre et de musique, et se situe à la frontière entre ces disciplines.

Elle est considérée comme l'une des compositrices et interprètes les plus originales des États-Unis, notamment à cause de ses innovations vocales en matière de techniques de jeu étendues. Elle a reçu le 10 septembre 2015 la National Medal of Arts 2014, la plus grande distinction américaine en matière artistique, des mains du président Obama.

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