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Meredith Monk

メレディス・モンク　/　めれでぃす・もんく

American singer

November 20, 1942 (age 83)　・　Queens, New York, United States

New York
singer
composer
choreographer

My Take

Meredith Monk is the kind of artist who makes me rethink what music can even be. Using her voice as a pure instrument, stripped of words, she carves out emotion that ordinary lyrics never reach. The fact that she's worked across composing, dance, theatre, and film, and recorded so extensively for ECM, tells me she refuses to sit inside any single box. A MacArthur Fellowship and a 1972 Guggenheim aren't handed out lightly, and her opera Atlas shows real ambition. I'll be honest, her work isn't always easy listening, but that's exactly why it stays with me long after it ends.

Overview

Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records. In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Grand Opera and the American Music Theater Festival.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Meredith Monk
Name (Japanese): メレディス・モンク
Reading: めれでぃす・もんく
Born: November 20, 1942 (age 83)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Horse
Origin: Queens, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / composer / choreographer / theatre director / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Sarah Lawrence College

Awards & achievements

1972 Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program
Courage Award for the Arts
Bessie Awards
Officer of Arts and Letters
Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Impermanence	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.meredithmonk.org
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF

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