Dennis Eberhard
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Dennis Eberhard was an American composer
. In his youth he was crippled by polio, which contributed to respiratory problems that contributed to his death in 2005. Eberhard was an active composer for more than 30 years and was a member of the Cleveland Composers Guild and Vox Novus
.
He was educated at Cleveland Institute of Music
, Kent State University
, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the Chopin Institute in Warsaw
, Poland
. His teachers included: Marie Martin, Frederic Coulter, Salvatore Martirano
, Wlodzimierz Kotonski
, Gordon Mumma
and Herbert Brün
.
In his lifetime he received a Fulbright Grant, a Rome Prize
Fellowship, two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
, five grants from the Ohio Arts Council
, three MacDowell Colony
Residency Grants, the Cleveland Arts Prize, the 1990 Award of Achievement in Classical Music from Northern Ohio Live Magazine, and the 1993 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Kent State University
.
Shadow of the Swan - Piano concert
Dinova, Halida, piano
St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra
Tchernoushenko, Alexander, Conductor
Prometheus Wept
Migunov, Peter, bass
St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra
Tchernoushenko, Alexander, Conductor
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...
. In his youth he was crippled by polio, which contributed to respiratory problems that contributed to his death in 2005. Eberhard was an active composer for more than 30 years and was a member of the Cleveland Composers Guild and Vox Novus
Vox Novus
Vox Novus is an organization promoting contemporary composers. Founded by Robert Voisey in 2000 This organization was created for the purposes of expanding the presence of contemporary music in the public's vision, empowering composers and contemporary musicians to create, produce, and promote...
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He was educated at Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland Institute of Music
The Cleveland Institute of Music is an independent music conservatory located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president Joel Smirnoff and Adrian Daly, dean....
, Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the Chopin Institute in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. His teachers included: Marie Martin, Frederic Coulter, Salvatore Martirano
Salvatore Martirano
Salvatore Giovanni Martirano was an American composer of contemporary classical music.Born in Yonkers, New York, he taught for many years at the University of Illinois...
, Wlodzimierz Kotonski
Wlodzimierz Kotonski
Włodzimierz Kotoński , is a Polish composer.-Biography:Kotoński studied with Piotr Rytel and Tadeusz Szeligowski at the PWSM in Warsaw, graduating in 1951. In an initial period of activity he took an interest in folk music from the Podhale region in southern Poland...
, Gordon Mumma
Gordon Mumma
Gordon Mumma is an American composer. He cofounded Ann Arbor's Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music with Robert Ashley, was a musician with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and was a member of the Sonic Arts Union with Ashley, Alvin Lucier, and David Behrman...
and Herbert Brün
Herbert Brun
Herbert Brün was a composer and pioneer of electronic and computer music. Born in Berlin, Germany, he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1962 until he retired, several years before his death.-Career:...
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In his lifetime he received a Fulbright Grant, a Rome Prize
Rome Prize
The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists and to 15 scholars The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists...
Fellowship, two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, five grants from the Ohio Arts Council
Ohio Arts Council
The Ohio Arts Council is an agency serving the U.S. state of Ohio.Established in 1965, its mission is to "foster and encourage the development of the arts and assist the preservation of Ohio's cultural heritage." Each year it awards grants to arts organizations and individuals throughout the state...
, three MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Colony
The MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
Residency Grants, the Cleveland Arts Prize, the 1990 Award of Achievement in Classical Music from Northern Ohio Live Magazine, and the 1993 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
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Articles and reviews
- "Recital: Alice Giles", by Will Crutchfield, New York Times, October 29, 1987
- "MUSIC: CLEVELAND COMPOSERS", by Tim Page, New York Times, February 21, 1983
Discography
Piano Concerto / Prometheus Wept - Dennis Eberhard - Naxos American Classics - 2004Shadow of the Swan - Piano concert
- I. The Fall
- II. Requiem
- III. Quickening
Dinova, Halida, piano
St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra
Tchernoushenko, Alexander, Conductor
Prometheus Wept
Migunov, Peter, bass
St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra
Tchernoushenko, Alexander, Conductor