Lisa Moore

New York-based Australian musician Lisa Moore is a multifaceted and visionary pianist, recording artist, and collaborator. Given a special passion for the music of our time, Moore won the silver medal in the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition. Since 1985, she has resided within the vibrant new music scene of New York City and has worked with hundreds of living composers on commissioned works and world premieres. 

Moore has performed on some of the world’s great stages throughout Europe, the U.K., U.S., and Asia: Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre, La Scala, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and the Vienna Musikverein. She has released 12 solo albums (in music ranging from Leoš Janáček to Julia Wolfe) and more than 30 collaborative discs. Moore’s album The Stone People was selected by the New York Times' Top Classical Albums 2016 and Naxos' Critics’ Choice 2017. 

For 16 years, Moore was the founding pianist for the award-winning electro-acoustic sextet Bang on a Can All-Stars. She has performed with leading artists, ensembles, and dance companies including Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Don Byron, Pamela Z, Thurston Moore, Iva Bittova, Bryce Dessner, London Sinfonietta, Steve Reich Ensemble, New York City Ballet, American Composers Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Moore has performed under the batons of David Robertson, Leonard Bernstein, Bradley Lubman, Brett Dean, Roger Benedict, Richard Mills, Reinbert de Leeuw, Pierre Boulez, Jorge Mester, Benjamin Northey, Angel Gil-Ordonez, Steven Schick, Leonard Dommett, Dobbs Franks, Christopher Zimmerman, and Edo de Waart. Moore has made festival guest appearances all over the world.

Moore is a Steinway artist.