Jed Moss

Background

About Jed Moss

Jed Moss is a prolific performer who has appeared on the Columbia Artists’ Community concert series, the Utah Arts Council Performing Arts Tour, the Mendelssohn Society of Chicago series, the Nova Concert series, the Utah Chamber Music Society series, the Canyonlands New Music series, the Abravanel Distinguished Visiting Composers Series and the Contemporary Music Consortium. He performs frequently on faculty recitals at Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University, The University of Utah and Utah State University. As a collaborative pianist, Moss has performed with musicians from the nation's top orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. He was a member of the Paradigm Trio for six years, and is currently pianist for The Sundance Trio, which made their European debut in April of 2012. The release of The Sundance Trio's second CD is anticipated in 2013.A regular guest performer at the IDRS (International Double Reed Society) annual conventions, Moss has twice held the position of resident collaborative pianist. Additionally, Moss has soloed with orchestras in Idaho, Utah, Texas, California and Washington D.C.In 2007, Moss appeared in Montevideo, Uruguay, performing Liszt, and the South American premier of Gorecki's piano concerto, and in 2009, he collaborated with the City of Prague Orchestra and members of the Martinu Quartet in recording various works for Deseret Book’s Sunday Morning Classical Series.Moss' performances of Prokofiev's third piano concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony as well as both concertos of Chopin with the Utah Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with Ballet West have been lauded by music critics. The Washington Times said:"Jed Moss relished the fiendishly difficult jazz piano solos that were once owned by Lukas Foss" when describing his performance of Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" at the Kennedy Center.Moss appears on Summit, Albany, Centaur, Warner, MRS Classics and Deseret Book.