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David Moss Is Considered One Of The Most Innovative Singers And Percussionists In Contemporary Music. He Has Performed His Solo Work All Over The World. In 1991 He Received A Guggenheim Fellowship In 1992 A DAAD Fellowship Berlin . Moss Is The Co-Founder With Muziektheater Transparant And Artistic Director Of The Institute For Living Voice ILV A Workshop Center Hosting Master Singers From Around The World. The ILV Presented Its Premiere Session In Sept. 2001 In Ghent Belgium And Presented Its 2004 Sessions In June In Amsterdam As Part Of The Holland Festival And In October As Part Of The Melbourne Festival. In 2004 Moss Re-Joined Hans Peter Kuhn And Stefan Kurt To Create The Theater Piece Sunset Scientists" For Theater Neumarkt Zürich . He Performed As Soloist In "Credo" By Andrea Molino In Karlsruhe And And In Rome For The Conference Of Nobel Peace Price Winners He Toured With The Ensemble Modern In Their "Frank Zappa Project" And Appeared In Olga Neuwirth's Opera "Lost Highway" With Performances At The 2003 Steierischer Herbst Festival In Graz And At Theater Basel. He Was Soloist In The Premiere Of "Divina.Com" By Daniele Lombardi Singing In Front Of Michelangelo¹s "David" In Firenze And Was Part Of The Melbourne Festival. In 2003 Moss Performed As Soloist With The Berlin Philharmonic Under The Direction Of Sir Simon Rattle And With The Uri Caine Ensemble At Lincoln Center. He Appeared As Soloist In The Premiere Of Olga Neuwirth's Opera "Lost Highway" As Part Of Steierischer Herbst Festival. In Early 2003 Moss Composed The Music For And Performed In "For Life" A Dance-Theater Production Of The Darmstadt Theater. Moss Made His Carnegie Hall Debut In 2003 With The American Composers Orchestra Under Steven Sloane. Moss Returned To The Salzburg Festival In Summer 2001 As "Prince Orlovsky" In The New Hans Neuenfels Production Of "Die Fledermaus". In 1999 Moss Was A Featured Soloist In Luciano Berios' "Cronaca Del Luogo" At Its Premiere In Salzburg. In 2002 His One-Man Theater Piece "Einstein For Aliens" Premiered In Antwerp With Berlin Bruges Amsterdam Gent Frankfurt NY To Follow. Also "OWL" A New Work Moss Composed For The Asko Ensemble Based On Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" Was Performed Throughout Holland. He Also Composed "Chortet" For The Arditti String Quartet. Moss Has Sung At The Edinburgh Festival Spoleto Festival USA And The Meistersinger Festival In Nürnberg In Heiner Goebbels' Orchestra Work "Surrogate Cities" And Is A Vocal Soloist In Goebbels' "Prometheus". Since 1995 He Has Performed As Guest With The Ensemble Modern Most Recently In Their "Frank Zappa Project" At The Paris Festival And Hamburg Music Fest In 2002. Moss Also Presented The "Strange Stories Project" As Part Of The Bern Biennale Served On The Jury For The Darmstadt "New Theater" Prize Sings In Andrea Molino's "Death Penalty Project" And Appears As Featured Soloist In Uri Caine's "Goldberg Variations Project". He Curated A Vocal Improvisation Project For The Adelaide Festival 2000. In 2005/6 He Will Be Featured In Two New Projects First The Premiere Of Sam Auinger's Multi-Media Opera "The Man Made Of Rain" At The Bruckner House Linz And Second The Premiere Of "Pierrot LunaiRE REmix 05/06" A Collaboration With The Alter Ego Ensemble. Born 1949 New York City Education BA Degree In Russian History Trinity College 1970 Musical Training 1963-68 Studied Percussion At Hartt College Of Music And Hartford Symphony With Joe Porcaro Al Lepak Richard Lepore. 1969-70 Percussion Student Of Tanjore Ranganathan Wesleyan University 1971-73 Composition Student Of Bill Dixon Bennington College. 1971-73 Percussionist For The Bill Dixon Ensemble Vocal Training Self-Taught Performance History Since 1973 Over 1000 Solo Percussion/voice Concerts 3000 Concerts With Groups Collaborators Theaters And Orchestras Around The World. Current Position Artistic Director Institute For Living Voice Antwerp Opera Singer Improvising Musician Performer Composer Percussionist Vocalist Project Organizer. read less