In 1983, as an Orwellian 1984 loomed, the American composer, choreographer and dancer Meredith Monk found herself in Berlin. Nowhere was the Cold War more proximate than in this walled city, as Soviet ...

More than 40 years into her career, composer and performance artist Meredith Monk describes her intricate vocal arrangements and particular style of dance as primordial, raw, visceral, and tribal.

This straightforward biodoc provides a strangely perfect window into the singular genius of Meredith Monk. Except here, in a biodoc that manages to trace the ancient magic of Monk’s creativity without ...

One of the quiet revelations of "Meredith Monk: The Recordings" (ECM New Series) is that Monk herself confides that it was Janis Joplin who set her –and her voice– free. The 13-CD set chronicles the ...

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater works, films and installations. A pioneer in what is now called "extended vocal technique" and ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Widely acclaimed composer, performer, singer and creator Meredith Monk announces ...

Meredith Monk talks about how her music is inspired by nature, “the cosmic orchestra” in Monk in Pieces (all images courtesy 110th Street Films) “She, among all of us, was the uniquely gifted one — is ...

Meredith Monk is a woman who practices. Vocalization. Physical movement. Artistic creation. Buddhism. These practices have shaped her days and informed her creative output for decades. An artist who ...

Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more. Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered ...