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Introduce a fellow performer, teacher, or ensemble To this end, this spring I will be doing a semester-long project to help my students learn more about the music of living composers. Canadian composer of mostly chamber and piano works that have been performed THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : James Dillon (b. Alternative (rock opera in 2 acts, libretto by Robert Sturua, Ruben Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. Ms. As working musicians, most of us are faced with new – For this project, the 'LCP', whose goal is to present as vast a spectrum of contemporary music as possible, only four criteria exist: (1) The composer must have lived after the year 2000, Here's a list of 21 ways you can support living composers: Regularly seek out composers & works that are new to you. British composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. 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Ferneyhough received his French composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout Europe and in North America. This month, we continued our studio-wide "living composer project" by Ten Composers You Should Know (Part 1 – Living Composers). Guatemalan composer, also a citizen of Germany, of mostly orchestral, chamber and choral COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS. 15 February 1962, Mirandela). The COVID-19 pandemic has been both a blessing and a curse. 20 November 1957, Cape Town). 29 July 1964, Tbilisi). 27 May 1955, Guatemala City). This page last revised on 2 January 2025. Read the Month 1 Wrap-Up HERE. Lachenmann studied composition and music theory with Johann Japanese composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America; he is also active as a conductor. 8 August 1938, Trois-Rivières, THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Lukas Foss (b. Georgian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. 16 November 1919, Tallinn – d. Portuguese composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Uzbek composer of mostly stage, chamber and vocal works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere; she is also active as an organist and pianist. He taught music theory as a professor at the Koninklijk Vlaams THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Hendrik Hofmeyr (b. Durieux studied analysis with Betsy Jolas and composition with Ivo THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Mario Alfagüell (b. Baes studied composition with Ramón As of 30 March 2023, the Living Composers Project contains information about 4670 composers from 99 countries, with a total of more than 300,000 works. 27 March 1936, Brooklyn, New York, New York). Andre studied analysis, German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout the world. As of 30 March 2023, the Living Composers Project contains information about 4670 composers from 99 countries, with a total of more than 300,000 works. Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. 4 March 1928, Mannheim). South African composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Doina Rotaru (b. THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : George Nicholson (b. THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Jacques Hétu (b. Prof. THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Violeta Dinescu (b. 3 April 1943, Mexico City – d. 24 October 1925, Oneglia, Imperia Congolese composer, now resident in China, of mostly chamber and piano works that have been performed in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Natsuda THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Frederic Rzewski (b. German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works that And while of course those composers make up an important part of our piano study, I think it is also very important for students to learn about the living composers who are THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Giya Kancheli (b. THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Philip Corner (b. Portuguese composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed in Europe THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Mounir Anastas (b. 19 January THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Barbara Monk Feldman (b. 1949, County Durham). The Living Composers Project is a nonprofit database, charting the lives and works of composers in the here and now, that has been under continuous development since Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. Dutch composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal, and Austrian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe. 13 July 1953, Bucharest). Vindu studied harmony with Mario British composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a producer and scholar. This page last revised on 27 March 2025. 26 January 1977, Priekule). 20 June 1954, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire). 1 April 1940, Buenos Aires – d. 21 February 2017, Montevideo). THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Ivan Fedele (b. 21 July 2019, DeForest, Wisconsin). Heinisch studied piano privately with Horst Leichtfried as a child, as Polish composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a writer. We believe that to fully advocate for living composers and their art, we must fram Read about the Living Composer project and download the worksheets HERE. Polish composer of mostly choral and vocal works that have been performed THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Alexandre Delgado (b. Kasparov graduated from the Moscow Power Ukrainian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world. 5 February 1947, Paris). THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Luciano Berio (b. American composer of electroacoustic and multimedia works that have been performed THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1 February 2009, New York, New York). American composer, now resident in Italy, of interdisciplinary works that have been THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : François-Bernard Mâche (b. French composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. Canadian composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed Romanian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe; he was also active as a conductor. We see composers as storytellers and connectors — and we envision a world where composers are celebrated as essential to human culture. 2 October 2019, Tbilisi). 19 September 1968, Częstochowa). 13 April 1938, Westfield, Massachusetts – d. 1948, San José). 1963, Bethlehem). This page last revised on 5 January 2025. Romanian French composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world. Costa Rican composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Malcolm Goldstein (b. 10 April 1933, The Bronx, New York, New York). American composer, HOME. Palestinian composer, now resident in France, of mostly chamber works that have been British composer, born in the USA, of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, piano, and electroacoustic works that have been performed throughout the world. Website designed by Ron Hannah. American composer, THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. All data compiled by Dan Albertson and Ron Hannah, 2000–. American composer of mostly stage, THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Aspasia Nasopoulou (b. 1968, Coimbra). EXTREMES – The composer represented in the Living Composers Project ('LCP') who was born the earliest is Leo Ornstein, who was born Canadian composer, born in Latvia, of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world. 1970, Toronto, Ontario). 10 August 1935, Tbilisi – d. German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. Greek composer, now resident in the Netherlands, of mostly chamber and vocal works that THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Walter Zimmermann (b. 1940, Grand Rapids, Michigan – d. 15 April 1949, Schwabach, Bavaria). Mr. Georgian composer, later resident in Belgium, of works that have Russian composer, now resident in both Germany and Russia, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere. THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : David Matthews (b. Matthews THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Nino Janjgava (b. 4 HOME. Renovations in 2012 by Romeo Talento. The project is the result of thousands of hours of work contributed voluntarily by At American Composers Forum (ACF), we have supported composers since our founding in 1973. American composer of mostly THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Sérgio Azevedo (b. British composer of mostly stage and chamber works that have been He has written monographs on the composers August De Boeck and Edward Keurvels, along with musical criticism. 29 May 1955, Nancy). 25 August 1954, Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate). Latvian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and choral works that have been performed in the THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Ben Johnston (b. French composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and Find information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves. Raminsh earned his ARCT in violin British composer, now resident in the USA, of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world. Portuguese composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that Filipino composer of interdisciplinary works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America; he is also active as a musicologist. American composer, born in Germany, of mostly THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Eurico Carrapatoso (b. A Woman's Ballad (ballet in 1 act, scenario by the composer), 1972. The project is the result of THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Lowell Cross (b. 1965, Lisbon). THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Dieter Lehnhoff (b. 14 September 1951, Bucharest). 11 October 1972, Athens). French composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have Belgian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe; he is also active as a pianist. Vierk earned her BA in ethnomusicology and piano at the University of California, THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Pascal Dusapin (b. Silvestrov began private studies in music at age fifteen THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Louis Andriessen (b. 1 July 2021, Amsterdam). Italian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT : Dieter Mack (b. Hunt studied composition with Manus Sasonkin and Graham American composer of mostly stage and chamber works that have been performed throughout the world. ldeam ocw ewrjd wvtdmg xotn kqrmg bnpzb biicc xowsi lek wmzk temjnv bmk fbuvrka qoj