Scott Moore

Sunday, February 7, 2027
A Walk Through the English Countryside

Violinist and composer Scott Moore was born and raised in rural Kentucky, where he began his musical life as a four-year-old prodigy in New York. His path since has taken him from a Mozart performance for the Archduke of Austria to fiddle lessons with old-timers in the hills of eastern Kentucky — a genre-spanning career that has made him, in the words of LEO Weekly, “staggeringly versatile and gifted.” This February, Moore takes the solo spotlight in Vaughan Williams’ beloved Lark Ascending, a work whose soaring, pastoral lyricism sits naturally within his range as both a classical soloist and a folk-inflected fiddler.

Since relocating to New England in 2019, Moore has become a fixture of the region’s music scene, serving as Concertmaster of Lexington Symphony, Cape Ann Symphony, and Symphony by the Sea. He is also Artist-in-Residence at the Annisquam Village Church, a founding member of the Lobster Cove String Quartet, and, with his wife Erica Pisaturo, co-runs Open String Recordings and the genre-bending large-scale project folk electric.

An in-demand collaborator both on stage and in the studio, Moore has performed and recorded with artists including Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Will Oldham (Bonnie “Prince” Billy), Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, Ben Sollee, and Houndmouth, among many others. He has appeared as a soloist with the Louisville Orchestra and worked extensively with its music director Teddy Abrams, who has praised his “great talent and inventiveness” and “virtuosic musicianship with a powerful, compelling sound.” His long-running collaboration with pianist-composer Rachel Grimes has brought him to NPR’s Performance Today, WNYC’s Soundcheck, and two appearances at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival. As a member of the 23 String Band, he has performed at festivals including Rockygrass, Grey Fox, and Forecastle.

Since 2018, Moore has been performing, from memory, the complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by J.S. Bach — a nearly three-hour undertaking spanning some of the most demanding music in the violin repertoire.