Todd Moellenberg

Todd Moellenberg is a pianist and artist based in Los Angeles. He specializes in both classical and contemporary repertoire, and has been featured in performances with Wild Up, Piano Spheres, Monday Evening Concerts, Hear Now, Los Angeles Philharmonic, PARTCH Ensemble, The Industry, and actress Laverne Cox. He has worked closely with composers Czaya Chernowin, Roger Reynolds, Yiheng Yvonne Wu, Rand Steiger, Bunita Marcus, Thomas Meadowcroft and Xavier Beteta, with recordings released on Deutsche Grammophon, Sideband, and Petrichor. His creative work encompasses composition, video, poetry, and performance art, and has been featured by Conrad Tao, Ryan Nestor, Autoduplicity, Music for Your Inbox, Meaningless Work, Weirdo Night, and Dogstar Orchestra. Todd received his DMA in contemporary piano performance at UC San Diego, under the mentorship of Aleck Karis. His dissertation demonstrates how the work of Ravel and Jean Barraqué can generate poetic forms and structures for durational performance. He currently lectures and instructs piano at UC Riverside.