John Corigliano
American composer (born 1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Paul Corigliano Jr.[1] (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. With over 100 compositions, he has won accolades including a Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and an Academy Award.
John Corigliano | |
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Birth name | John Paul Corigliano Jr. |
Born | (1938-02-16) February 16, 1938 (age 86) New York City, US |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
He is a former distinguished professor of music at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and part of the composition faculty at the Juilliard School. Corigliano is best known for his Symphony No. 1, a response to the AIDS epidemic, and his film score for François Girard's The Red Violin (1997), which he subsequently adapted as the 2003 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("The Red Violin") for Joshua Bell.[2]