Kathleen Supové is one of America’s most acclaimed and versatile contemporary music pianists, known for continually redefining what a pianist/keyboardist/performance artist is, in today’s world. Ms. Supové annually presents a series of solo concerts entitled THE EXPLODING PIANO. In this series, she has performed and premiered works by a list of established and emerging composers that’s a Who’s Who of contemporary music for piano. She has especially championed music of compelling virtuosity and audience connection. The Exploding Piano is a multimedia experience using electronics, theatrical elements, vocal rants, staging, and collaboration with artists from other disciplines. Through her composer collaborations, she has become an integral part of creating a repertory of piano pieces for the modern world.
Recent projects include THE DEBUSSY EFFECT, on New Focus Recordings (La Barbara-Clark-Marks-Felsenfeld-Woolf-Gosfield-Cooper); a performance at Southbank Centre, London, of URBAN BIRDS by Arlene Sierra as part of Britain’s New Music Biennial; BATTERY, a choreographed kickboxing concerto by Randall Woolf (choreographed by Heidi Latsky; EYE TO IVORY, an upcoming CD on Starkland, for vocalizing, theatrical, extended technique pianist, on Starkland (Childs-Woolf-Barash-Didkovsky-Naphtali); EXPLODING PIANO WITH HITCHCOCK AND KUBRICK ETUDES by Nicole Lizée; and many others.
Kathleen Supové is a Yamaha Artist. She performs in a wide variety of spaces, from concert halls, to theaters, to universities, to alternative galleries and clubs. Ms. Supové is also the keyboard player for the art-rock band, Dr. Nerve, and she has duo collaborations with violinist Jennifer Choi (Anti-Depressant), guitarist James Moore (A Musical Sacrifice), and oboist Keve Wilson.