Beth Quist, a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer, began playing piano at age 2. She has a 4-octave soprano voice, and plays piano, keyboards, santour (hammered dulcimer), dumbek, guitar, flute, and various other toys that she can get her hands on.
Her music combines influences from the Balkans, the Middle East, and India with her Western upbringing.
Based in Seattle, she performs solo, with Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra, and with the Guarneri Underground, and composes scores for dance, film and other media.