Sebastian Currier
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Sebastian Currier (born March 16, 1959) is an American composer of music for chamber groups and orchestras. He was also a professor of music at Columbia University from 1999 to 2007.
Life
Currier was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and was raised in Providence, Rhode Island, in a family of talented musicians, including his brother Nathan Currier, also a noted composer. Sebastian Currier received degrees from the Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. His compositions include Crossfade, written for two harps, and Microsymph, described as a "30-minute symphony compressed into 10 minutes."
In October 2005, members of the Berlin Philharmonic performed an entire evening of his works, including the premiere of Remix.[1]
Currier completed the orchestration of
Violinist
Currier has received a
On March 12, 2013, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton announced the appointment of Currier as Artist-in-Residence, his term to begin on July 1, 2013.[4]
Awards
- 2007 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for Static for flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello, and piano.[5] Static is the second Grawemeyer Award-winning piece that does not require a conductor (the other is György Ligeti's Piano Etudes, which won the award in 1986).
- 1992 Guggenheim Fellowship[6]
- 1994 Rome Prize
References
- ^ "Sebastian Currier Snapshot Page". Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ Schwartz, Steve (August 2007). "ALBERT: Symphony No. 1 'RiverRun'. Symphony No. 2. - Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Polivnick". Classical CD Review. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ Anthony Tommasini (June 4, 2011), "A Couple of First Encounters, One Including Musicians", The New York Times
- ^ The Institute Letter, Spring 2013, Sebastian Currier Appointed as Artist-In-Residence
- ^ "2007- Sebastian Currier". Archived from the original on 2014-07-24.
- ^ "Sebastian Currier". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
External links
- Sebastian Currier's page at Carl Fischer
- Composer's website
- Article from Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)[dead link]
- Biography from Columbia University
- Review of 'Static' in The New York Times
- Announcement of Grawemeyer Award
- Further Information on Static and Grawemeyer Award
- Sebastian Currier @ Boosey & Hawkes