The Hauntingly Beautiful Musical Saw Natalia Paruz
About
NATALIA…..
affectionately known as the ‘Saw Lady‘, has spent over a decade bringing the rare art form of playing music on a carpenter’s saw to audiences around the world.
She performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta; at the Spoleto Festival in the orchestra of ‘Monkey – Journey to the West’; with the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra; the Royal Air Moroccan Symphony Orchestra; the Riverside Orchesra; the Amor Artis Orchestra and at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall with PDQ Bach composer Peter Schickele and with the Little Orchestra Society. November 2007 marked her Carnegie Hall debut as a musical saw soloist and June 2008 marked her Madison Square Garden debut.
Television appearances include FOX (Good Day New York), ABC (Good Morning America), MTV (Andy Milonakis Show), VH1 (Behind the Music), History Channel (Tool Box), PBS (New York Voices).
Film appearances include ‘Dummy‘ with Adrian Brody. Natalia’s saw can be heard on the soundtracks of films such as El Carnaval Sodoma/Arthuro Ripstein, American Carny and I Sell the Dead.
Radio performances include NPR (A Prairie Home Companion), XM Satelite Radio, WBAI & WFMU.
Natalia received citations of honor from the New York City Council, the New York State Senate and a medal of honor from Paris, France.
She was chosen by Time Out New York, the Village Voice, the New York Press and the New York Resident for their Best of New York lists, and was featured in articles by the New York Times, theBoston Globe and Metro New York.
Natalia has recorded on Capitol Records, Universal Records and Atlantic Records with such artists as John Hiat.