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John Corigliano 

Biography


John Corigliano (b. February 16, 1938) is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. Biography Italian American, Corigliano was born in New York City to a musical family. His father, John Corigliano, Sr., was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 23 years, and his mother a pianist. He is a former student of Otto Luening, Vittorio Giannini and Paul Creston. He studied composition at Columbia University and at the Manhattan School of Music. Before achieving success as composer, Corigliano worked as assistant to the producer on the Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concerts, and as a session producer for classical artists such as Andre Watts. Most of Corigliano's work has been for symphony orchestra. He employs a wide variety of styles, sometimes even within the same work but, aims to make his work accessible to a relatively large audience. He has written symphonies, as well as works for string orche

Discography

New York Variations


Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic


John Corigliano: Oboe Concerto/3 Irish Folk Song Settings/Poem In October


The Cloisters


Alchemy


Diversions: Live in Concert


John Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet; Samuel Barber: Third Essay for Orchestra


Works for one piano four hands


Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy / Voyage


John Corigliano: Phantasmagoria; To Music; Fantasia on an Ostinato; Three Hallucinations


Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Grand Canyon Suite [Stereo]


Bernstein Century - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, etc



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