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John Paul Corigliano Jr. (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.
The American John Corigliano continues to add to one of the richest, most unusual, and most widely celebrated bodies of work any composer has created over the last forty years.
May 7, 2024 · John Corigliano, American composer who drew from eclectic influences to create music that was generally tonal, accessible, and often highly expressive. He composed works for orchestra, solo instruments, and chamber groups, as well as operas, choral works, and film scores.
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Learn about the life and works of John Corigliano, one of the most celebrated composers of the last forty years. Explore his symphonies, concertos, operas, film scores, and awards, and download his biography in short or long version.
Feb 18, 2018 · John Corigliano is one of America's most acclaimed composers. He's won a Pulitzer, an Oscar and five Grammys, and he's still hard at work, having turned 80 on Feb. 16. Corigliano grew...
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Learn about the 80-year-old composer's influences, achievements, and future plans, with a focus on his music for strings. From the Red Violin Concerto to the Violin Sonata, discover how Corigliano pays homage to the past and expands the boundaries of the instrument.
Aug 21, 2013 · Leading American composer John Corigliano had reservations about writing a percussion concerto, but the challenge fascinated him. The result is Conjurer, a concerto for percussion like no other,...
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