Meredith Monk

Birthday:
11/20/1942
Place of birth:
Queens, New York City, New York, USA:
Biography:
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.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston 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 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.

Credits

Evolver
Music
Offering Shrine
Director
Rotation
Director
Rotation
Choreographer
Songs of Ascension
Director
Songs of Ascension
Music
Hand Mandala
Director
Hand Reflection
Director
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Music
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Editor
La migration des arbres
Music
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Original Music Composer
Notre musique
Music
Faces
Director
Book of Days
Director
Book of Days
Screenplay
Book of Days
Music
Pearls
Music
Turtle Dreams
Director
Turtle Dreams
Original Music Composer
Turtle Dreams
Creator
Turtle Dreams
Choreographer
Turtle Dreams
Scenario Writer
Paris
Director
Paris
Music
Ellis Island
Director
Ellis Island
Music
Ellis Island
Vocals
Ellis Island
Director
Ellis Island
Choreographer
16 Millimeter Earrings
Original Music Composer
16 Millimeter Earrings
Choreographer
16 Millimeter Earrings
Creator
Quarry
Director
Quarry
Writer
Quarry
Original Music Composer
Quarry
Choreographer
Quarry
Director
Ball Bearing
Director
Ball Bearing
Cinematography
Children
Director
16 Millimeter Earrings
Director

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