Bio
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Korean American violinist Kyra Davies has been widely recognized as an interpreter of contemporary music. She regularly performs and records with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and has appeared with other Boston new music groups including [~Switch Ensemble], Sound Icon, Ludovico Ensemble,Semiosis Quartet, Hub New Music, and the New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble. Kyra was a member of the Britten-Pears Contemporary Ensemble in Aldeburgh, UK, and the Brevard Music Center’s new music ensemble, itch. As a chamber and solo musician, she has performed at venues and concert series including Spectrum (Brooklyn), Oh My Ears, Re:Sound Festival, New Music Gathering, AEPEX Contemporary Music Series, and Outside the Box Boston.
Kyra also works as an orchestral musician with Opera North, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, New Hampshire Music Festival, Monadnock Music Festival, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared onstage with pop, film, and video game music artists including The Who, the Eagles, Andrea Bocelli, Game of Thrones Live, Hans Zimmer, Il Volo, and Josh Groban. With her duo partner, guitarist Sean Smith, Kyra performs traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton as a fiddler and singer.
Also in demand as an educator, Kyra has been in residence for performances and master classes at Colby College, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Brandeis University, MIT, Roger Williams University, and the University of Michigan.
Kyra graduated from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University at age 20. She received further orchestral training at the National Orchestral Institute, National Repertory Orchestra, Music Academy International (Siena), and the Castleton Festival Orchestra. Her teachers have included Kenneth Goldsmith, Robert Eshbach, Eric Rosenblith, Kazuko Matsusaka, and Ronan Lefkowitz.
(current 6/2022)
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Kyra Davies regularly performs and records with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and has appeared with other new music groups including [Switch~ Ensemble], Sound Icon, Ludovico Ensemble, the Semiosis Quartet, Hub New Music, and the New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble. Kyra was a member of the Britten-Pears Contemporary Ensemble in Aldeburgh, UK, and the Brevard Music Center’s new music ensemble, itch.
Kyra also works as an orchestral musician with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Opera North, Cape Symphony Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, New Hampshire Music Festival, Monadnock Music Festival, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared onstage with artists including The Who, the Eagles, Andrea Bocelli, Game of Thrones Live, Hans Zimmer, and Josh Groban. Kyra has been in residence for performances and master classes at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Colby College, Tufts University, Brandeis University, MIT, Roger Williams University, and the University of Michigan.
Kyra received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
(current 6/2022)