Toni Marcus

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Talia Antoinette "Toni" Marcus (* approx. 1950 ) is an American violinist and violist .

Marcus appeared in public as a violinist at the age of 10 and was presented as a child prodigy in 1962 on Jack Benny's show at the age of twelve . She first played with La Monte Young and studied with Ali Akbar Khan and Pran Nath . In the early 1970s she performed with Grachan Moncur III ( Echoes Of Prayer ), Gunter Hampel ( NDR Jazzworkshop 1973) and Carla Bley ( Tropic Appetites ). Then she played in several Italian bands. In the late 1970s she was a member of Van Morrison's band ( Into the Music , Philosopher's Stone ); in the early 1980s she recorded with Michel Vlatkovich and engaged in meditation music . Between 1972 and 1981 she was involved in six albums in the field of jazz. In the film Corrina, Corrina (1994) she appeared as a violin teacher. In the field of folk music she has performed with Jamie St Clair and with David Locke. She also wrote film music ( Summerspell , 1983).

Currently (2013) she is active as a violin and improvisation teacher.

She was artist in residence at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , the Guggenheim Museum and the Scola Sperimental in Rome.

Discographic notes

  • Gunter Hampel Waltz for 3 Universes In a Corridor (birth, 1972)
  • Claudio Lolli Un Uomo In Crisi: Canzoni Di Morte. Canzoni Di Vita (EMI, 1973)
  • NADMA Paura (1973/2006)
  • Constance Demby Sacred Space Music (1982)
  • Shantala Live in Love (2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Brief portrait (James St. Clair) ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jamiestclair.com
  2. ↑ Article about Carla Bley on freeform.org
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, August 26, 2013)
  4. ↑ Nordwest Folklife Festival 2013
  5. ↑ Faculty (Icelandic strings)
personal data
SURNAME Marcus, Toni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marcus, Talia Antoinette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American violinist and violist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1950