“What Ms. Supové is really exploding is the piano recital as we have known it…” Anthony Tommasini, NY Times In May, 2012, Supové received the John Cage Award from ASCAP for “the artistry and passion with which she performs, commissions, records, and champions the music of our time.” Ms. Supové annually presents a series of solo concerts entitled THE EXPLODING PIANO. She has commissioned, performed and recorded music by a Who’s Who of composers. In addition to humans, she has performed with Yamaha Disklaviers, laptop orchestras, robots, and XReality. Recent projects include solo works about Migration and a concert theater work “Confinement/Escape”, plus Shocking Red with singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked, as well as recordings with poet Nick Flynn, Guy Barash, and Gilbert Galindo. Events in 2024 include a solo concert at Roulette in March, and a performance collaboration with Jeff Mills (Tomorrow Comes The Harvest) for the Long Play Festival in May. As a composer, she has received composer commissions from NYSCA, Brooklyn Arts Council, Bargemusic, and the Illustrated Man Project. Visit www.supove.com, YouTube (search kathyexploding or Kathleen Supove) and Instagram (@kathyexploding) for more info.
