George Tsontakis was born on Astoria, Queens, New York City, October 24,1951 and is an American composer and conductor.
10 Facts About George Tsontakis
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George Tsontakis was born in New York City, and is of Greek descent.
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George Tsontakis's music has been performed and broadcast by major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and festivals throughout North and South America, Europe and Japan.
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George Tsontakis was honored with the "Academy Award" in 1995 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was the fourth recipient of the coveted Ives Living Fellowship, in 2007.
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George Tsontakis received the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin in 2002, and the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Violin Concerto No 2 in 2005.
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George Tsontakis was an assistant professor at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, and has served on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College.
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George Tsontakis is Distinguished Faculty, Composer-in-Residence of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
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George Tsontakis was a Weil fellow at Auburn University Montgomery.
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George Tsontakis's music has been recorded by Hyperion, Koch, Innova, and Naxos.
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George Tsontakis is Distinguished Composer-in-Residence at the Bard College Conservatory.