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Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz is a New York City -based musical saw player, bell ringer, busker and film maker. She was the founder and director of the annual Musical Saw Festival in New York City and ran it for 11 years. She also organized the musical saw festival in Israel . She was a columnist of the 'Saw Player News' and a judge at international musical saw competitions. She was also a judge for Music Under New York and for Little Island at Pier 55 . Paruz has played the musical saw on many film soundtracks and can be seen as well as heard in the movie Dummy starring Adrien Brody . She has performed with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Zubin Mehta ), the Westchester Philharmonic , the Royal Air Moroccan Symphony Orchestra, the Amor Artis Orchestra, the Riverside Orchestra, the Manhattan Chamber 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 her Madison Square Garden debut. Her musical saw can be heard in many TV commercials. She has also appeared on numerous TV and radio programs around the world. Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion radio show has dubbed Natalia the show's 'official saw player'. As a studio musician, her musical saw has been recorded by labels such as Atlantic Records , Capitol Records , and Universal Records , for albums of composers such as John Hiatt and Elliot Goldenthal . Paruz often plays the musical saw in contemporary music, encouraging today's composers to write music for this instrument. Paruz is considered to be the most knowledgeable about the history of the musical saw, and her own home is a pilgrimage place for saw enthusiasts and students. The December 3, 2011 'Washington Post' crossword puzzle had Paruz as a question: "Down 5 - Instrument played by Natalia Paruz". Along with her professional career, Paruz makes a point to also perform on the streets and subways as a busker. She has busked in the US, Italy , Israel , Czech Republic , Poland and France . Paruz has also served as a judge at the Music Under New York auditions for subway musicians. Paruz also plays a set of 65 pitched cowbells , English handbells , 4-in-hand hand bells, theremin and glass harp . She developed a bell ringing technique called 6-in-hand, and she performs as a musical historic interpreter of Colonial and Victorian times at places such as Historic Richmond Town . " list of films with Natalia Paruz on the musical saw " " New York Times article about Westchester philharmonic concert with Paruz " " New York Times article about Manhattan Chamber Orchestra concert with Paruz " " Underground Hits: Music in the Subways "
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Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz is a New York City -based musical saw and novelty instrument player and busker . She is the organizer of the annual Musical Saw Festivals in New York City and in Israel , columnist of the 'Saw Player News' and judge at international musical saw competitions. Paruz has played the musical saw on many film soundtracks and can be seen as well as heard in the movie Dummy starring Adrien Brody . She has performed with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Zubin Mehta ), the Westchester Philharmonic, the Royal Air Moroccan Symphony Orchestra, the Amor Artis Orchestra, the Riverside 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. Her musical saw can be heard in many TV commercials and she has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs around the world. Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion radio show has dubbed Natalia the show's 'official saw player'. As a studio musician, her musical saw has been recorded for albums of bands and composers such as John Hiatt. She played at many festivals, such as the Spoleto USA Festival, Utah Arts Festival, the World Trade Center's Buskers Fair and at the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival. Paruz often plays the musical saw in contemporary music, encouraging today's composers to write for this instrument. Paruz is considered the most knowledgeable about the history of the musical saw, and her home is a pilgrimage place for saw enthusiasts. Along with her professional career Paruz makes a point to also perform on the streets and subways as a busker. She has busked in the USA, Italy , Israel, Czech Republic , Poland and France . Paruz also served as a judge at the Music Under New York auditions for subway musicians. Paruz also plays a set of 65 pitched cowbells , English handbells , 4-in-hand hand bells, theremin and glass harp .
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Musical artist Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz is a New York City -based musical saw and novelty instruments player and busker .She is the founder and director of the annual Musical Saw Festival in New York City.She also organized the musical saw festival in Israel .She is a columnist of the 'Saw Player News' and a judge at international musical saw competitions. Paruz has played the musical saw on many film soundtracks and can be seen as well as heard in the movie Dummy starring Adrien Brody . She has performed with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Zubin Mehta ), the Westchester Philharmonic, the Royal Air Moroccan Symphony Orchestra, the Amor Artis Orchestra, the Riverside Orchestra, the Manhattan Chamber 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. Her musical saw can be heard in many TV commercials and she has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs around the world. Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion radio show has dubbed Natalia the show's 'official saw player'. As a studio musician, her musical saw has been recorded by labels such as Atlantic Records, Capitol Records and Universal Records, for albums of bands and composers such as John Hiatt and Elliot Goldenthal. Paruz often plays the musical saw in contemporary music, encouraging today's composers to write for this instrument. Paruz is considered the most knowledgeable about the history of the musical saw, and her home is a pilgrimage place for saw enthusiasts and students. The December 3rd 2011 'Washington Post' crossword puzzle had Paruz as a question: "Down 5 - Instrument played by Natalia Paruz". Along with her professional career Paruz makes a point to also perform on the streets and subways as a busker. She has busked in the USA, Italy , Israel, Czech Republic , Poland and France . Paruz also served as a judge at the Music Under New York auditions for subway musicians. Paruz also plays a set of 65 pitched cowbells , English handbells , 4-in-hand hand bells, theremin and glass harp .
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Musical saw player Musical artist Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz is a New York City -based musical saw and novelty instruments player and busker . She is the founder and director of the annual Musical Saw Festival in New York City. She also organized the musical saw festival in Israel . She is a columnist of the 'Saw Player News' and a judge at international musical saw competitions. Paruz has played the musical saw on many film soundtracks and can be seen as well as heard in the movie Dummy starring Adrien Brody . She has performed with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Zubin Mehta ), the Westchester Philharmonic , the Royal Air Moroccan Symphony Orchestra, the Amor Artis Orchestra, the Riverside Orchestra, the Manhattan Chamber 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 her Madison Square Garden debut. Her musical saw can be heard in many TV commercials. She has also appeared on numerous TV and radio programs around the world. Garrison Keillor of the Prairie Home Companion radio show has dubbed Natalia the show's 'official saw player'. As a studio musician, her musical saw has been recorded by labels such as Atlantic Records , Capitol Records , and Universal Records , for albums of composers such as John Hiatt and Elliot Goldenthal . Paruz often plays the musical saw in contemporary music, encouraging today's composers to write music for this instrument.Paruz is considered to be the most knowledgeable about the history of the musical saw, and her own home is a pilgrimage place for saw enthusiasts and students. The December 3rd, 2011 'Washington Post' crossword puzzle had Paruz as a question: "Down 5 - Instrument played by Natalia Paruz". Along with her professional career, Paruz makes a point to also perform on the streets and subways as a busker. She has busked in the US, Italy , Israel , Czech Republic , Poland and France . Paruz has also served as a judge at the Music Under New York auditions for subway musicians. Paruz also plays a set of 65 pitched cowbells , English handbells , 4-in-hand hand bells, theremin and glass harp . " list of films with Natalia Paruz on the musical saw " " New York Times article about Westchester philharmonic concert with Paruz " " New York Times article about Manhattan Chamber Orchestra concert with Paruz " " Underground Hits: Music in the Subways "
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