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Pianist Donald Sosin has been creating and performing silent film music for fifty years, playing for major festivals, archives, and DVD recordings. He has been resident accompanist at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His … [Read more...] about Donald Sosin

Giovanni Spinelli is a composer for film, television, theater, and dance based in New York City. Born in England and raised in London, New York, Stockholm, and Florence, Spinelli’s multicultural background is reflected in musical influences as diverse as Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, Astor Piazzolla, Philip … [Read more...] about Giovanni Spinelli

Steve Sterner has been the resident silent film composer and accompanist for New York’s Film Forum since 1987, creating scores and performing for hundreds of films. Sterner also works as an actor and singer and has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and the Yiddish Theatre. SFSFF … [Read more...] about Steve Sterner

Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, which she co-led for seventeen years. She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late poet Allen Ginsberg, Robert … [Read more...] about Alicia Svigals

Dennis James began formal organ training at the age of 12. He began performing for silent films in 1969 and began working with symphony orchestras in 1971. He attended Indiana University’s School of Music where he earned his bachelor and master degrees. He has been resident organist at various … [Read more...] about Dennis James

Steinway’s Young Artist of 2010, Utsav Lal made his debut at the age of eighteen with his rendition of Indian ragas on the piano, stunning the world with his innovative handling of Hindustani classical music on a Western instrument. Often referred to as the “Raga Pianist,” he has gained … [Read more...] about Utsav Lal

Richard Marriott is a composer, performer, producer, and instrument builder. He has composed for film, television, dance, theater, opera, and video games, in a wide range of styles. He is the founder and artistic director of Club Foot Orchestra, an ensemble devoted to accompanying silent films. Club … [Read more...] about Richard Marriott

The Matti Bye Ensemble seeks that magical, emotional alchemy between music and images, playing a wide variety of instruments that include piano, glockenspiel, violin, musical saw and percussion. It is led by award-winning film composer Matti Bye, who has been the Swedish Film Institute's resident … [Read more...] about Matti Bye Ensemble