史蒂文·布莱

史蒂文·布莱 was born in New York City and is the co-founder and artistic director of the New York Festival of Song (premiere season 1988-89) and has served as programmer/translator/pianist/arranger of more than 130 of its programs. He has been a recital accompanist for singers including Cecilia Bartoli, 杰西诺曼, 狼gang Holzmair, 蕾妮·弗莱明, 撒母耳Ramey, 苏珊·格雷厄姆, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, 德维恩克罗夫特, 保罗•林, Susanne Mentzer, 6月安德森, Arleen钻, 罗伯塔•彼得斯, and Kurt Ollmann, 等.

Blier has recorded on the Koch, 新的世界, 无以匹敌的人, 奥尔巴尼, 美国广播公司, and 音乐masters labels and won a Grammy Award in 1990 and was nominated for Grammy Awards in 1999 and 1989. His recorded repertoire includes works by Ives, 格什温, 威尔, 布利茨斯坦, Busoni, 格拉纳多斯, 狼, 克恩, 和Rorem (Evidence of Things Not Seen首播). He has given master classes around the U.S. in song repertoire, and has been a feature writer for 歌剧的新闻 magazine since 1996.

Blier has been guest faculty/recitalist at the 狼 Trap Opera, 圣达菲歌剧院, Chautauqua Festival, and San Francisco Opera, and was a faculty member at the State University of New York—Purchase from 1986 to 1994 and Aspen 音乐 Festival from 1978 to 1981. He holds a BA degree from Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He studied piano with Miriam Gideon, Alexander Farkas, Paul Jacobs, and Martin Isepp.