Tony Moreno Trio w/Gary Versace , Francois Moutin — live event

Tony Moreno was born March 13th 1956 in Manhattan, NY. His mother, Nina Dunkel Moreno, was a major influence on his interests in music. She was a harpist, musicologist and teacher who studied at Juilliard and the Fontainebleau Conservatory of Music with Marcel Grandjany, Nadia and Lilli Boulanger and Nicanor Zabaleta and Pierre Jamet. She received the Premier Prix de Harpe/Prix Lili Boulanger in August 1954. She performed her first Carnegie Recital Hall at the age of 19. Besides performing solo harp pieces and chamber music, she was an accomplished pianist , musicologist and educator. She recorded various albums of folk music (Monitor) from The Netherlands, France, Spain and Japan. She also performed in various chamber ensembles. Upon returning to New York City in 1955, she was considered one of the finest harpist of her generation. She auditioned for many major orchestras, but at that time there was gender bias. Women were not considered for any positions. After a number of years touring, she decided to work in NYC. But this time the emphasis was on standards and popular music of the times. She worked very hard at developing a pedaling technique for the concert harp that allowed her to play changes. These were all solo gigs. The Hilton Hotel in midtown, recitals, chamber groups. Freelance. She later worked at Charles French Restaurant in Greenwich Village for a number of years, where she met many great composers (Alec Wilder, Vernon Duke and Burt Bacharach) and musicians (Stan Koor). Stan was Tony’s first drum teacher with whom he began a long apprenticeship at 10, continuing throughout high school. Practicing was not allowed in your apartment at a certain period in Manhattan, so Tony began commuting to various locations to practice. Tribeca, a deserted beauty parlor on Madison Ave. and finally at Gosta Peterson’s studio. Being a photographer and trombonist and jazz fan, he Tony practice in his studio. By 15 years of age he finally had his own space at Westbeth, where he worked for 42 years and eventually lost everything to hurricane Sandy.

Starts: 2023-12-02T20:00:20Z

Ends: 2023-12-02T23:00:20Z

Where: 1066 Nostrand Avenue, New York 11225, United States

Price: $0.0

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