John Paul Corigliano was born on February 16,1938 and is an American composer of contemporary classical music.
19 Facts About John Corigliano
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John Corigliano 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.
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John Corigliano was born in New York City to a musical family.
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John Corigliano's mother, Rose Buzen, an educator and pianist, was Jewish.
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John Corigliano studied composition at Columbia University and at the Manhattan School of Music.
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John Corigliano studied with Otto Luening, Vittorio Giannini, and Paul Creston.
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John Corigliano was music director for New York's listener-sponsored radio station WBAI.
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John Corigliano first came to prominence in 1964 at the age of 26 when his Sonata for Violin and Piano was the only winner of the chamber-music competition of the Spoleto Festival in Italy.
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In 1970, John Corigliano teamed up with David Hess to create The Naked Carmen.
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John Corigliano later wrote the score for Altered States for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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John Corigliano later used portions of the score in his first symphony.
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John Corigliano composed for flutist James Galway his third wind concerto, titled Pied Piper Fantasy, which premiered with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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In 1987, John Corigliano was the first composer to serve as composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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In 1991, John Corigliano became faculty member at the Juilliard School.
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In 1996, The John Corigliano Quartet was founded, taking his name in tribute.
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John Corigliano employs a wide variety of styles, sometimes even within the same work, but aims to make his work accessible to a large audience.
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John Corigliano has written symphonies, as well as works for string orchestra, wind band, concerti, chamber and solo pieces, opera, as well as for film.
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John Corigliano's most distinguished works include his Clarinet Concerto, Symphony No 1, The Ghosts of Versailles, Symphony No 2 for string orchestra, Mr Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, and his score for the film The Red Violin.
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John Corigliano has lived in New York City all his life.