Questions of Practice: Lisa Bielawa, Composer and Vocalist

Questions of Practice: Lisa Bielawa, Composer and Vocalist

Lisa Bielawa, composer and vocalist. Filmed at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage on March 20, 2013.

An award-winning composer-vocalist, Lisa Bielawa has worked with Anthony Braxton, Philip Glass Ensemble, John Zorn, and many others. Gramophone described her work as evoking “the layered precision of Vermeer and the conscious recklessness of Jackson Pollock.” During Bielawa’s visit to the Center in 2013, we asked her: How is technology impacting our expectations of live music?

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