Alan Feinberg
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Alan Feinberg is an American
classical pianist. He has considerable experience with contemporary classical music
and has premiered over 300 works among them Mel Powell
's Pulitzer Prize
winning Duplicates, as well as works by such composers as John Adams (composer), Milton Babbitt
, John Harbison
, Steve Reich
, and Charles Wuorinen
. He performed the world premiere of the recently-discovered "Emerson" Piano Concerto by Charles Ives
, with Christoph von Dohnanyi and the Cleveland Orchestra, and subsequently recorded the work. He is also the first pianist to have been invited by the Union of Soviet Composers to represent American contemporary music, an invitation which resulted in performances in both Moscow and Leningrad.
He has recorded many CD's including four discs for the Decca/Argo Discover America series focusing on repertory of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as a Decca CD of vocal works of Charles Ives
with soprano Susan Narucki. Other recordings can be found on New World Records
, CRI
, Harmonia Mundi, Bridge, New Albion and Naxos
. In 1997, Alan Feinberg's received his third Grammy Award
nomination for his recording of Morton Feldman
's Palais di Mari and Charles Wuorinen
's Capriccio, Bagatelle and Third Sonata. Other recordings include the Grammy-nominated Babbitt Piano Concerto (New World Records), Morton Feldman's Piano and Orchestra with Michael Tilson Thomas
and the New World Symphony, and the Amy Beach Piano Concerto with the Nashville Symphony (Naxos). He has received five Grammy nominations throughout his career.
He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees from the Juilliard School
and did doctoral work at the Manhattan School of Music
, studying with Robert Helps
.
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classical pianist. He has considerable experience with contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
and has premiered over 300 works among them Mel Powell
Mel Powell
Mel Powell was a jazz pianist and composer of classical music.Mel Epstein was born to Russian Jewish parents, Milton Epstein and Mildred Mark Epstein, and began playing piano as a child. He performed jazz professionally in New York City as a teenager...
's Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning Duplicates, as well as works by such composers as John Adams (composer), Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt
Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
, John Harbison
John Harbison
John Harris Harbison is an American composer, best known for his operas and large choral works.-Life:...
, Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
, and Charles Wuorinen
Charles Wuorinen
Charles Peter Wuorinen is a prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. His catalog of more than 250 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, chamber music, as well as solo instrumental and vocal works...
. He performed the world premiere of the recently-discovered "Emerson" Piano Concerto by Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...
, with Christoph von Dohnanyi and the Cleveland Orchestra, and subsequently recorded the work. He is also the first pianist to have been invited by the Union of Soviet Composers to represent American contemporary music, an invitation which resulted in performances in both Moscow and Leningrad.
He has recorded many CD's including four discs for the Decca/Argo Discover America series focusing on repertory of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as a Decca CD of vocal works of Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...
with soprano Susan Narucki. Other recordings can be found on New World Records
New World Records
New World Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in American music. The label was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to produce a 100 disc anthology covering 200 years of American music....
, CRI
Composers Recordings, Inc.
Composers Recordings, Inc. was an American record label dedicated to the recording of contemporary classical music by American composers. It was founded in 1954 by Otto Luening, Douglas Moore, and Oliver Daniel, and based in New York City....
, Harmonia Mundi, Bridge, New Albion and Naxos
Naxos Records
Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...
. In 1997, Alan Feinberg's received his third Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nomination for his recording of Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...
's Palais di Mari and Charles Wuorinen
Charles Wuorinen
Charles Peter Wuorinen is a prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. His catalog of more than 250 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, chamber music, as well as solo instrumental and vocal works...
's Capriccio, Bagatelle and Third Sonata. Other recordings include the Grammy-nominated Babbitt Piano Concerto (New World Records), Morton Feldman's Piano and Orchestra with Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is currently music director of the San Francisco Symphony, and artistic director of the New World Symphony Orchestra.-Early years:...
and the New World Symphony, and the Amy Beach Piano Concerto with the Nashville Symphony (Naxos). He has received five Grammy nominations throughout his career.
He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees from the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
and did doctoral work at the Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
, studying with Robert Helps
Robert Helps
Robert Helps was an American pianist and composer....
.
External links
- Alan Feinberg page
- Alan Feinberg interview from Paris Transatlantic magazine, 1999