Maxim Moston

Maxim lives and works in New York. He plays the violin. With string quartets and orchestras. On Broadway. In the studios. In Central Park when they put on free opera performances in the summertime. Maxim plays violin with a band called Antony and the Johnsons. They make people cry. He plays with Williamsburg shoegaze dreamers Edison Woods, but his violin goes through so many pedals that you might not recognize it as such. He moonlights with Joan As Policewoman, Keren Ann, Redhooker and many other exceptional artists working around the city. He was one of the founding members of Slow Six, an electro-acoustic ensemble where he played alongside guitars and computers. Once, he played with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. That was so cool.



When he's not playing the violin, he's writing for it. Antony, Joan, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Linda Thompson, Ana Silvera, Keren Ann and Lou Reed are some of the people who have performed his charts. Most recently, he has wrapped up his first ever production of an amazing record for his friend Baby Dee , an exquisite collection of material entitled Book Of Songs. His orchestral arrangements of the music of Pink Floyd have been presented by his friends The Machine alongside the Detroit, Richmond, Pittsburgh and San Diego Symphonies and the Delaware Orchestra.



His music can be heard underscoring the brilliant upcoming documentary Hidden Battles and a dance play entitled Shadows that is headed for Broadway.



Maxim can be seen in the great film Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man and heard in Julie And Julia.

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