Born in Newport, Oregon in 1988, concert pianist Hunter Noack grew up hunting, fishing, and kayaking the rivers of Oregon. Hunter is the founder and artistic director of IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild™, an outdoor concert series founded in 2016, where traditional concert halls are replaced by forests, fields, deserts, and riverbank vistas. In five years the project has presented 97 concerts featuring 65 guest artists for over 13,000 people. Inspired by Hunter’s passions, the organization’s mission is to remove barriers to access classical music and the great outdoors. To date, 46% of the audience attended for free and for 28%, Hunter’s concert was their first experience with live classical music. His projects have been featured in the LA Times, Portland Monthly, on CBS This Morning, OPB’s Think Out Loud and Art Beat.
Hunter trained with Jodie Bischof, Patti Petersen, and Dorothy Fahlman in his early years, Yoshikazu Nagai at Interlochen Arts Academy and San Francisco Conservatory, John Perry at the University of Southern California (B.M.), and Paul Roberts and Ronan O’Hora at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (M.M.). In 2011 Hunter won the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and in 2014 he won the coLABorate Award in London. In recent years Hunter created new works with Northwest Dance Project and Oregon Ballet Theater. He was the first Artist in Residence at All Classical Portland radio station, and has toured the USA and Europe with his partner Thomas Lauderdale’s band, Pink Martini. For more information about Hunter, upcoming performances, and the 2021 schedule for IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild visit www.inalandscape.org