Meredith Monk
November 20, 1942 (82 years old) in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Monk in Pieces as Self
- 2019 · Songs of Ascension as
- 2018 · Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
- 2013 · Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 as Herself
- 2009 · Meredith Monk: Inner Voice as Self
- 2001 · Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance as Self
- 1994 · Meredith Monk as
- 1993 · The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros as Herself
- 1989 · Book of Days as Madwoman
- 1987 · Uncle Meat as Red Face Girl
- 1983 · Four American Composers: Meredith Monk as Herself
- 1983 · Turtle Dreams as
- 1982 · Paris as Paris Couple
- 1980 · Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers as
- 1979 · Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds as Self
- 1979 · 16 Millimeter Earrings as Herself
- 1978 · Quarry as Child
- 1974 · A portrait of Meredith Monk as
- 1969 · Institutional Quality as