Christopher Theofanidis
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Christopher Theofanidis (born December 18, 1967) is an American composer.
Theofanidis holds degrees from the University of Houston, Eastman School of Music, and Yale University, and has been a hailed as one of the leading composers of his generation. Theofanidis was a recent winner of the 2004 Masterprize for Rainbow Body, and has also been the recipient of the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize, six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes, a Fulbright Fellowship to France, a Tanglewood Fellowship, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship. He has served as a delegate to the US-Japan Foundation's Leadership Program
Theofanidis's works have been performed by many leading orchestras from around the world, including the National Symphony, the London Symphony, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Moscow Soloists, the Atlanta and Houston Symphonies, the California Symphony (for which he was composer-in-residence from 1994 to 1996), the Oregon Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, among others. He served as Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony for their 2005-2006 Season.
He has served on faculty at the Juilliard School and currently teaches at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University.
[edit] List of Selected Compositions
- The Here and Now (2005), for Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra.
- I Saw a New Heaven (2004), For marimba.
- Artemis (2003), Ballet.
- The Thirteen Clocks (2002), Opera.
- Peace, Love, Light YOUMEONE (2002), For string orchestra.
- Lightning, with life, in four colors comes down (2002), For viola and chamber orchestra.
- The Cows of Apollo (2001) or The Invention of Music, Opera.
- Concerto (1997/2002), For bassoon and chamber orchestra.
- Rainbow Body (2000), For orchestra.
- O Vis Aeternitatis (1999), For string quartet and piano.
- Song of Elos (1999), For soprano, string quartet, and piano.
- Flourishes (1998), For orchestra.
- Flow, my tears (1997), For solo violin.
- Visions and Miracles (1997), For string quartet.
- As Dancing is to Architecture (1996), For orchestra.
- Metaphysica (1996), For orchestra.
- Ariel Ascending (1995)For string quartet.
- This dream, strange and moving (1995), For orchestra.
- Kaoru (1994), For two flutes.
- Concerto (1995), For alto saxophone and orchestra.
- Statues (1992), For solo piano.
- Raga (1992)
