Joanna MacGregor

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Joanna MacGregor is thought of as one of the world’s most wide-ranging and innovative musicians and has pursued a life connecting many genres of music defying categorizations. She has performed in over sixty countries often appearing as a solo artist with many of the world's leading orchestras. These include the New York Philharmonic, London and Sydney Symphony Orchestras, Netherlands Radio and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The many eminent conductors with whom she has worked include Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Colin Davis and Michael Tilson Thomas. She has premiered many landmark compositions ranging from Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Django Bates to John Adams and James MacMillan. Her experience in the world of chamber music is wide and various; she has curated concerts at many distinguished venues, from the South Bank and the Albert Hall (for the BBC Proms) in London, to a weekend celebrating British music in New York. From 1999 to 2005 she was the President of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Ireland. Joanna MacGregor made her conducting debut in 2002 and regularly directs her own orchestral projects, including an all-Mozart programme with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She has had a very close artistic partnership as conductor and performer with the Britten Sinfonia for the past ten years; her programmes have ranged from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven concerti to new commissions and collaborations with jazz musicians. The mos

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Sidewalk Dances (Fourteen Moondog Pieces)

Deep River

Satie : Piano Music

Bach, JS : Goldberg Variations

Moondog - Sidewalk Dances

Joanna MacGregor Live in Buenos Aires

Art of Fugue & 6 French Suites

Bach: 6 French Suites, BWV 812 - 817

Scarlatti : Keyboard Sonatas

Neural Circuits

Messiaen : Vingt Regards, Harawi & Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps

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