Atlanta School of Composers
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The Atlanta School of Composers is a group of contemporary classical music
composer
s championed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
and conductor
Robert Spano
through performances, recordings, and commissions. Members of the group include Jennifer Higdon
, Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov
, and Michael Gandolfi
, with Adam Schoenberg added in June 2010. Works from the group including the following:
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:...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
s championed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001...
and conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
Robert Spano
Robert Spano
Robert Spano is an American conductor and pianist. Since 2001 he has been Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra , and he served as Music Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic from 1996 to 2004...
through performances, recordings, and commissions. Members of the group include Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Higdon is an American composer of classical music. Higdon has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto and the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto.-Biography:Higdon was born in Brooklyn,...
, Christopher Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Noé Golijov is a Grammy award–winning composer of classical music.-Biography:Osvaldo Golijov was born in and grew up in La Plata, Argentina, in a Jewish family that had emigrated to Argentina in the 1920s from Romania and Russia.Golijov has developed a rich musical language, the result of...
, and Michael Gandolfi
Michael Gandolfi
Michael James Gandolfi is an American composer of contemporary classical music.Initially a self-taught guitarist, Gandolfi entered the Berklee College of Music before transferring to the New England Conservatory of Music after one year...
, with Adam Schoenberg added in June 2010. Works from the group including the following:
- The Here and Now by Theofanidis – recorded in 2003
- Concerto for Orchestra and City Scape by Higdon – recorded in 2004
- The opera AinadamarAinadamarAinadamar means "Fountain of Tears" in Arabic, and is the first opera by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. The libretto is by American playwright David Henry Hwang. It premiered in Tanglewood on August 10, 2003. After major revisions, the new version premiered at the Santa Fe Opera on July 30,...
by Golijov – recorded in 2006 - Garden of Cosmic SpeculationGarden of Cosmic SpeculationThe Garden of Cosmic Speculation is at Portrack House, near Dumfries in South West Scotland. It is a private garden created by Charles Jencks.-Features:...
by Gandolfi – performed in May 2007 and recorded that same year - Oceana by Golijov – recorded in 2007
- Dooryard Bloom by Higdon – recorded in 2009
- On a Wire by Higdon and QED: Engaging Richard Feynman by Gandolfi – premiered together in June 2010
External links
- The Atlanta School of Composers at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra web site
- New Music With a Tonal Twist – article about the Atlanta School of Composers at The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
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