Elliott Carter
b. 1908
Snapshot
Elliott Carter is "One of America's most distinguished creative artists in any field" (Aaron Copland) * His intricate, mercurial work often mirrors human interactions and relationships * Recent years have seen an outpouring of major orchestral scores, along with numerous chamber works * Late style marked by transparency and clarity of texture, with a new directness of formal design * Music championed by leading conductors including Boulez, Barenboim, Knussen, Dohnányi, Levine, Gielen, Holliger * His many awards include official recognition from the governments of France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S.
Works by Elliott Carter include:
Triple Duo (1983) for chamber ensemble
Symphonia for orchestra: Partita (1993), Adagio Tenebroso (1994), Allegro Scorrevole (1996)
What Next? (1999) opera in one act
Flute Concerto (2008) for flute and ensemble
Looking Ahead:
Three world premieres and three U.S. premieres will be performed in December 2011 in New York, in celebration of Carter’s 103rd birthday. Read more here.
New Video: View a series of interviews with Elliott Carter talking about his life and music.
Three world premieres and three U.S. premieres will be performed in December 2011 in New York, in celebration of Carter’s 103rd birthday. Read more here.
New Video: View a series of interviews with Elliott Carter talking about his life and music.
"There is often wit and humour to be heard in [Carter's] work; anger in some of the earlier big pieces; increasing lyricism and beauty in the compositions of the recent decades. He is America's great musical poet." — Andrew Porter, Musical America
“[Carter’s music is] often suffused with quiet delight, as if the Moderns’ great crisis of subjectivity might, and should, be looked on as an opportunity rather than an occasion for terrible doubt.”
---Guy Dammann, Times Literary Supplement
“[Carter’s music is] often suffused with quiet delight, as if the Moderns’ great crisis of subjectivity might, and should, be looked on as an opportunity rather than an occasion for terrible doubt.”
---Guy Dammann, Times Literary Supplement
