American Premiere: Requiem of Reconciliation
-- Dedicated to the victims of
World War II --
Composer Resumes
Bernard Rands. England/U.S.A.
1984, Pulitzer Prize; 1958-60, Professor of Composition, University of Wales; 1969-75, Professor of Composition, York University, England; 1975, Emigrated to U.S.; 1976-81, Founder & Music Director of 'Sonor'; since 1988, Co-Director of Aspen Music Festival; since 1989, Professor of Music, Harvard University; numerous compositions premiered by most major orchestras and many other respected musical organizations.
John Harbison. U.S.A.
1987, Pulitzer Prize; 1960, highest undergraduate award at Harvard in music and poetry; 1963-68, Junior Fellow at Harvard; 1980, Kennedy Center Friedheim Award for Piano Concerto; 1991, Honorary Doctorate from Indiana University; 1992, Induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; Guest Conductor and Composer in Residence with the most prestigious orchestras and music schools; compositions premiered by most major orchestras and other respected musical organizations.
Friedrich Cerha. Austria.
1986, Award of the Republic of Austria; 1974, City of Vienna Award; composer of several contemporary operas and frequent operatic guest conductor; numerous other compositions premiered by the world's great orchestras.
Marck Kopelent. Czechoslovakia.
1991, Title ''Chevalier des arts et des letters' by Government of France; 1991, Professor of Composition, Academy of Musical Arts, Paris; 1989, Music Advisor to Office of President Vaclav Havel; 1970-1989, performances of his music, though a prolific and respected composer, were banned in Czechoslovakia.
Judith Weir. England.
1994, Critic's Circle Music Section Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to British Musical Life; operas premiered by Covent Garden in London, in Santa Fe, NM, and elsewhere in the great international opera houses and concert halls; Composer in Residence, numerous prestigious conservatories.
Marc-Andre Dalbavie. France.
1994, Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Munich; numerous prestigious scholarships from other European foundations as well as other prizes; extensive studies with John Cage and Pierre Boulez; compositions premiered by major orchestras; 1972, Prize winner at the Concours International de Paris for young pianists; 1986, European Composition Prize from the Parliament in Strasbourg.
Paul-Heinz Dittrich. Germany.
1976, UNESCO Prize 'Rostrum of Composers', Paris; guest conductor and Composer in Residence with most major orchestras; 1988, State Prize, GDR; 1990 Berlin Music Critics' Prize; 1983, Full Member, Berlin Academy of Arts; 1991, Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Arts.
Wolfgang Rihm. Germany.
1974, Prize of the City of Stuttgart; 1975, Prize of the City of Mannheim; 1981, Beethoven Prize, Bonn; since 1982, Member, Board of Directors, German Composers' Assn.; since 1984, Artistic Consultant, German Opera in Berlin; Member, Board of Directors, German Council of Music. Numerous compositions performed by major orchestras, musical theater groups, and other musical groups.
Luciano Berio. Italy.
1965-71, Professor, Juilliard School in NYC, founded Juilliard Ensemble; 1975, Conductor/Artistic Director, Israel Chamber Orchestra; 1975, Artistic Director, Accademia Filharmonia Romana; 1984, Artistic Director, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; important prolific composer of works in many musical genres experimenting with electronic sounds and single syllable vocal sounds.
Joji Yuasa. Japan.
1972, Odaka Prize for orchestra, Tokyo Arts Festival; since 1972, Member, Japan Federation of Composers and American Composer's League; 1981-94, Professor of Composition, University of California, San Diego; 1983, Japan Arts Festival Prize for orchestral piece; 1986, Odaka Prize ; 1986-91, Artistic Director, Koriyama International Techno-Music Biennial.
Arne Nordheim. Norway.
1956-61, Many pieces of incidental music for various stages in Oslo; film scores; 1959, Bergen Festival Prize; 1972, Nordic Council's Music Prize; 1982, First Degree, Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for Outstanding Artistic Merit.; 1993, Steffens Prize, Foundation FVS, Hamburg; numerous premieres in major concert halls.
Krzysztof Penderecki. Poland.
1959, Won all prizes in anonymous composition contest held by Polish Composers' Assn.; 1961, UNESCO Prize; 1962, 1st Prize, Malawski Competition, Cracow; 1967, Sibelius Gold Medal; 1973-78, Professor, Yale University; 1983, Polish National Award; 1987, Music Prize, Wolf Foundation of Israel; 1990, Great Service Cross, Federal Republic of Germany; 1993, Distinguished Citizen Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana State University, Bloomington.
Gyorgy Kurtag. Romania.
1967, Professor of Piano and Chamber Music, Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest; 1993, Herder Prize, Stein Foundation, Hamburg; 1993-95, Composer in Residence, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; 1994, Award of the Republic of Austria.
Alfred Schnittke. Russia.
1962-72, Professor, Instrumentation and Composition, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire; 1981, Member, West Berlin Academy of Arts; 1982, 1986, Member, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich; 1987, Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm, 1989, Honorary Member, Free Academy of Arts, Hamburg; 1991, Award of the Republic of Austria; 1992, Bach-Preis, City of Hamburg; 1993, Russian Cultural Prize; 1994, Many European festivals dedicated to him for 60th birthday; 1994, Great Federal Service Cross with Star (of the Federal Republic of Germany), Austrian Award for Arts and Science, Award of the Free Academy of Arts, Hamburg.
Gennadi Roschdestwenski. Russia.
1951-61, Conductor, Bolshoi Theatre; 1964-70, Principal Conductor, Bolshoi Theatre; 1966, Named People's Artist of the S.S.S.R.; 1970, Lenin-Prize; 1974-77, Chief Conductor, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; 1974-83, Founder and Director, Moscow Chamber Orchestra; 1978-82, Chief Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra; since 1991, Music Director and Chief Conductor, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
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