Liza Figueroa Kravinsky (born 1962) is an American composer,
filmmaker, and actress living in Arlington, Virginia, USA. She is best
known for composing the Go-Go Symphony and founding the Go-Go Symphony
ensemble. She is also the filmmaker of the documentary Beauty in the
Eyes of the Beheld.Kravinsky was born in Summit, New Jersey, USA to
Filipino immigrants. Her birth name is Elizabeth Teopaco Figueroa,
with "Liza" as a nickname. Her father Armando Borja Figueroa was a
medical doctor and her mother Elnora Teopaco Figueroa was a
professional pianist and violinist. After moving to New York State,
the Philippines, and northern Virginia; her family settled down in
Fort Washington, Maryland where she grew up with her brother Kenneth
Figueroa, now a medical doctor. She attended St. Stephens & St. Agnes
School in Alexandria, Virginia; and Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio;
where she studied music composition and theory. She is married to
filmmaker and former ABC News video editor Michael Kravinsky.Kravinsky
composed and played keyboards for local pop, R&B, and go-go bands in
the Washington DC area after she graduated from college. From 1988 to
1990, she toured with Motown recording artist Stacy Lattisaw; TRJ, a
faction of go-go band Trouble Funk; and go-go band Pleasure. In 1991,
she composed for, directed, and performed with Robin Power and the
Uptown Dames, a Paisley Park project created by Prince (musician).In
1994, Kravinsky became an in-house composer at American Film and Video
production company in Silver Spring, Maryland. While working in this
company, she learned how to produce videos.
filmmaker, and actress living in Arlington, Virginia, USA. She is best
known for composing the Go-Go Symphony and founding the Go-Go Symphony
ensemble. She is also the filmmaker of the documentary Beauty in the
Eyes of the Beheld.Kravinsky was born in Summit, New Jersey, USA to
Filipino immigrants. Her birth name is Elizabeth Teopaco Figueroa,
with "Liza" as a nickname. Her father Armando Borja Figueroa was a
medical doctor and her mother Elnora Teopaco Figueroa was a
professional pianist and violinist. After moving to New York State,
the Philippines, and northern Virginia; her family settled down in
Fort Washington, Maryland where she grew up with her brother Kenneth
Figueroa, now a medical doctor. She attended St. Stephens & St. Agnes
School in Alexandria, Virginia; and Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio;
where she studied music composition and theory. She is married to
filmmaker and former ABC News video editor Michael Kravinsky.Kravinsky
composed and played keyboards for local pop, R&B, and go-go bands in
the Washington DC area after she graduated from college. From 1988 to
1990, she toured with Motown recording artist Stacy Lattisaw; TRJ, a
faction of go-go band Trouble Funk; and go-go band Pleasure. In 1991,
she composed for, directed, and performed with Robin Power and the
Uptown Dames, a Paisley Park project created by Prince (musician).In
1994, Kravinsky became an in-house composer at American Film and Video
production company in Silver Spring, Maryland. While working in this
company, she learned how to produce videos.
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