Richard Danielpour
BornJanuary 28, 1956
New York City, US
Awards

Richard Danielpour (born January 28, 1956) is a music professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Early life

Danielpour was born in New York City of Persian Jewish descent and grew up in New York City and West Palm Beach, Florida.[1] He studied at Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory of Music, and later at the Juilliard School of Music, where he received a DMA in composition in 1986. His primary composition professors at Juilliard were Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin. Danielpour previously taught at the Manhattan School of Music (since 1993) and the Curtis Institute of Music (since 1997),.[2]

Music

In common with many other American composers of the post-war generation, Danielpour began his career in a serialist milieu, but rejected it in the late 1980s in favor of a more ecumenical and "humdrum" idiom. He cites the Beatles—along with John Adams, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner—as influences on his more recent musical style. Danielpour's notable works include First Light (1988) for chamber orchestra, three symphonies (1985, 1986, and 1990), four piano concerti (1981, 1993, 2002 and 2009), the ballet Anima mundi (1995), and the opera Margaret Garner (2005).

His students include Marcus Paus[3] and Wang Jie.[4]

Select list of works

Operas

Ballets

Orchestral

Chamber

  • "String Quartet No. 1 – Requiem" (1983), for two violins, viola and cello
  • Piano Quintet (1988), for string quartet and piano
  • Urban Dances (Book 1) (1988), for brass quintet
  • Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 1 (1992), for soprano solo, flute, clarinet, horn, piano, percussion and string quintet
  • Songs of the Night (1993), for tenor and piano trio
  • String Quartet No. 2 – Shadow Dances (1993), for two violins, viola and cello
  • Urban Dances, Book 2 (1993), for brass quintet
  • Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 2 (1994), for baritone solo, flute, clarinet, horn, piano, percussion and string quintet
  • String Quartet No. 3 – Psalms of Sorrow (1994), for baritone solo, two violins, viola and cello
  • Fantasy Variations (1997), for cello and piano
  • Sweet Talk (1997), for mezzo-soprano, cello, double bass and piano
  • Feast of Fools – Concertino (1998), for bassoon and string quartet
  • A Child's Reliquary (2000), for piano trio
  • As Night Falls on Barjeantane (2000), for violin and piano
  • String Quartet No. 4 – Apparitions (2000), two violins, viola and cello
  • Portraits (2001), for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
  • String Quartet No. 5 – In Search of "La Vita Nuova" (2004), for two violins, viola and cello
  • Troubadour's Feast (2005), for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano
  • The Book of Hours (2006), for piano quartet
  • Benediction (2007), for two horns, two trumpets, three trombones and chimes
  • River of Light (2007), for violin & piano
  • Kaddish (2008), for violin solo & string septet
  • Remembering Neda (2009), for flute, cello and piano
    • written for the Dolce Suono Ensemble, who premièred the work on October 22, 2010, at the Trinity Center for Urban Life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • String Quartet No. 6 – Addio (2009), for two violins, viola and cello
  • The Faces of Guernica (2009), for piano trio
  • String Quartet No. 7 – Psalms of Solace (2014), for two violins, viola, cello, and soprano soloist

Choral

  • Oratio Pauli (1982), for S.A.T.B. choir and string orchestra
  • Symphony No. 3 – Journey Without Distance (1990), for soprano solo, S.A.T.B. choir and orchestra
  • Canticle of Peace (1995), for baritone solo, S.A.T.B. choir & chamber orchestra
  • An American Requiem (2001), for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir and orchestra
  • The Passion of Yeshua (2018), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, 3 baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir and orchestra

Vocal

  • Symphony No. 2 – Visions (1986), for soprano, tenor soli and orchestra
  • Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 1 (1992), for soprano solo and ensemble
  • Songs of the Night (1993), for tenor solo and piano trio
  • Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 2 (1994), for baritone solo and ensemble
  • String Quartet No. 3 – Psalms of Sorrow (1994), for baritone solo and string quartet
  • I Am Not Prey (1996), for soprano and piano duet
  • Elegies (1997), for mezzo-soprano, baritone soli and orchestra
  • Sweet Talk (1997), for mezzo-soprano solo and small ensemble
  • Spirits in the Well (1998), for treble solo and piano
  • Portraits (2001), for soprano solo and small ensemble
  • Songs of Solitude (2004), for baritone solo and orchestra
  • Four Arias, from "Margaret Garner" (2005), for baritone and piano
  • He Is By, from "Margaret Garner" (2005), for soprano and piano
  • Three Arias, from "Margaret Garner" (2005), for mezzo-soprano and piano
  • Pastime (2006), for baritone solo and orchestra
  • Triptych (2006), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
  • A Woman's Life (2007), for soprano and orchestra
  • Three Prayers (2007), for soprano solo and orchestra
  • Come Up from the Fields Father (2008) for baritone, viola and piano; words by Walt Whitman
  • Songs from an Old War (2009), for baritone and piano

Solo instrumental

  • Psalms (1985), for piano
  • Sonata (1986), for piano
  • The Enchanted Garden (Preludes, Book 1) (1992), for piano
  • Mardi Gras (1992), for piano
  • Elegy (2003), for piano
  • Three Preludes (2003), for piano
  • Piano Fantasy: "Wenn Ich Einmal Soll Schneiden" (2008), for piano
  • The Enchanted Garden (Preludes, Book 2) (2009), for piano

Current/recent projects

Danielpour's current and forthcoming projects includes works for Yo-Yo Ma, the Iris Chamber Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Guarneri Quartet, Atlanta Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Music from Copland House, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon and the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne.[5]

Sources

References

  1. ↑ McCutchan, Ann (2003). The Muse that Sings: Composers Speak about the Creative Process. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195168129.
  2. ↑ Richard Danielpour – Composition, Curtis Institute of Music, accessed July 2, 2013
  3. ↑ "Marcus Paus, composer," Meet the Artist, 1 November 2017
  4. ↑ Wang Jie
  5. ↑ "File Not Found". www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

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