Pianist/composer Dr. Aron Kallay has been praised
as possessing “that special blend of intellect,
emotion, and overt physicality that makes even the
thorniest scores simply leap from the page into the
listeners laps.” After Aron premiered three of his
works, composer and music critic Kyle Gann was
“struck speechless,” adding, “he did a beautiful
job and made me all impressed with my music all
over again... he makes me want to write
more.”
Left to Right: Prof.
Zitterbart, Prof. Li, Aron Kallay, Jocelyn Chapman,
Holland Janicitis, Maryln Taft Thomas, Prof.
Whittaker
He has also been broadcast live over the internet
from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and the
California Institute of the Arts. Aron is a
champion of contemporary composers, microtonal
music, and music that combines electronics with
acoustic instruments. As such, he is
dedicated to expanding the repertoire by
commissioning new works that challenge the idea of
what it means to be a pianist in the 21st
century.
Me in D.C.
He has collaborated with visual artist Mores
McWreath on the video installation The Bud, the
Seed, the Egg, which premiered at the Roski Gallery
in Los Angeles in 2008, and with composer Veronika
Krauses on Waterland, a piece for tape, narrator,
and video, which premiered in June 2010. Aron is
also the co-director and co-founder of People
Inside Electronics (PIE), a concert series that
features new and classic electro-acoustic
music. He received his Doctorate of Music
Arts from the University of Southern California,
where he studied with Daniel Pollack.
Currently, Aron divides his time between
practicing, performing, composing, writing about
music theory and piano pedagogy, and teaching. Aron
is an Artist-in-Residence for Catalysis Projects,
and on the faculty of the University of Southern
California, where he teaches electro-acoustic media
and piano.
At the Japanese
Garden in Los Angeles
Our Cat
Fall on the East
Coast
Aron is an award-winning solo and chamber musician
who has performed throughout the United States, as
well as in the Czech Republic and Ukraine. His
performances have been heard internationally on the
radio shows Music From Carnegie Mellon and The
Global Village.
As a composer, Aron focuses on works for the
beginning and intermediate pianist, as well as
concert works involving electronics alone and
electronics with acoustic instruments. Aron
also believes in interdisciplinary creative work.