Cellist Lauren Radnofsky is gaining notice as a persuasive advocate of contemporary music. She has performed at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall, the Lucerne Festival, and the Ojai Music Festival to the Bang on a Can Marathon, Joe’s Pub, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Wordless Music Series, and The Stone in New York City. She has worked with a wide range of artists including Pierre Boulez, Steve Reich, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Helmut Lachenmann, Annie Gosfield, and the Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Lauren Radnofsky made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2006 with the American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall, as the soloist in a new concerto for cello and live electronics composed by Brad Lubman, with a video installation by Boom Design Group. In December 2007 she made her debut with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, performing concerti for cello and ensemble with electronics and multimedia, including Kaija Saariaho’s Amers. She has recorded for John Zorn’s Tzadik label.

Radnofsky is also cellist and founding co-artistic director of the new music ensemble Signal. Signal made its first appearances in Spring 2008 at the Bang on a Can Marathon in NYC, earning praise from The New York Times for its “auspicious debut…a powerful account of Steve Reich’s Daniel Variations,” and at the Ojai Music Festival in California, where it was lauded for “deeply committed performances” (MusicalAmerica.com) of “gripping vehemence” (LA Times).

Upcoming Signal projects include co-commissioning and premiering new works by Steve Reich and David Lang. Beginning in 2009-10 Signal will also present several concerts at University at Buffalo as a visiting resident ensemble.

Ms. Radnofsky holds degrees from the Walnut Hill School and The Eastman School of Music, where her principal teachers were Benjamin Zander, Pamela Frame, and Steven Doane. Lauren also attended the HFK Bremen, Germany, where she studied with Alexander Baillie.