Coordinator, Keyboard Studies Program

Piano, Collaborative Keyboard

Pianist Vicki Ray performs internationally as a soloist and collaborative artist. She is a member of the award-winning California E.A.R. Unit and Xtet. As a founding member of PianoSpheres, an acclaimed solo piano series dedicated to exploring the less familiar realms of the piano repertoire, her playing has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times for "displaying that kind of musical thoroughness and technical panache that puts a composer's thoughts directly before the listener." A long-time champion of new music, Ms. Ray has worked with Gyorgy Ligeti, John Adams, Pierre Boulez, Elliot Carter, Morton Subotnick, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Thomas Ades, Oliver Knussesn and many others. Ms.Ray has been featured in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the German ensemble Compania and the Blue Rider Ensemble of Toronto with whom she made the first Canadian recording of Pierrot Lunaire.

vray@calarts.edu