Sebastian Currier
b. 1959
Snapshot
Recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in 2007, Sebastian Currier represents the finest in American composition. * He has received many other awards including the Berlin Prize, Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. * Currier's music has been enthusiastically embraced by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, who commissioned and premiered his violin and piano piece Aftersong, and violin concerto, Time Machines. * Members of the Berlin Philharmonic dedicated a full evening to Currier's extensive chamber music output in October 2005, including the premieres of Remix for mixed ensemble and Crossfade for two harps.
Works by Sebastian Currier include:
Time Machines (2007) for violin and orchestra
Piano Concerto (2006) for piano and orchestra
Nightmaze (2005) for chamber ensemble
Next Atlantis (2008) for string quartet
Looking Ahead:
Flow for chamber orchestra receives its world premiere with the Chamber Music Society of Louisville, April 28 * Works by Currier will be featured at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival May 9-18, where he is a featured composer. Concerts include performances of Quartet Set, the UK premiere of Quiet Time, and the world premiere of Links. Quanta also receives its UK premiere in a performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales on May 15.
Flow for chamber orchestra receives its world premiere with the Chamber Music Society of Louisville, April 28 * Works by Currier will be featured at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival May 9-18, where he is a featured composer. Concerts include performances of Quartet Set, the UK premiere of Quiet Time, and the world premiere of Links. Quanta also receives its UK premiere in a performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales on May 15.
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