Christopher Rouse (composer)

Christopher Rouse (* February 15, 1949 in Baltimore) is an American composer.

Life

Rouse began in 1956 with the first attempts at composition. 1967 to 1971 he studied with Richard Hoffmann at Oberlin Conservatory. In 1971 he took private lessons with George Crumb in Philadelphia. 1972 and 1973 awarded him the BMI Foundation Student Composer Awards with BMI. A 1973 begun graduate studies he finished 1977 with a doctorate in Karel Husa at Cornell University. 1978 to 1981 taught Rouse at the University of Michigan, and from 1981 to 2002 at the Eastman School of Music ( from 1991 as professor of composition ). In 1988 he won with his two- years to the first symphony the prestigious Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. 1993 Rouse was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Trombone Concerto. In 1997 he was Composer-in -Residence at Tanglewood. Since the same year he teaches at the Juilliard School. 2002 Rouse member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

His students include Marc Mellits and Kevin Puts. Rouse has two children, Alexandra and Adrian.

Work

Rouse is usually classified in the neo-romantic composer. Many of his works combine diatonic with contemporary techniques. Rouse is considered excellent Orchestrator. A penchant for percussion instruments and specific rhythmic formations reflect his engagement with rock music resists ( Rouse taught at the Eastman School of Music for several years history of rock ). Rouse also uses quotations from other composers; as cited in his 1st Symphony from 1986 Bruckner and Shostakovich.

Rouse, of Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler, Varèse, Led Zeppelin and Jefferson Airplane is one of his models, is one of the currently most successful contemporary American composers. Among the conductors who perform his works and import, include Leonard Slatkin, Christoph Eschenbach, Leif Segerstam and David Zinman.

List of Works

Orchestra

  • Gorgon (1984 )
  • Phantasmata (1981 /85)
  • Phaethon (1986 )
  • Symphony No. 1 ( 1986, 1988 awarded the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award)
  • Jagannath (1987 )
  • Iscariot (chamber orchestra, 1989)
  • Concerto per Corde (string orchestra, 1990)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1994 )
  • Envoi (1995 )
  • Rapture (2000)
  • The Nevill Feast ( 2003)
  • Friandises ( ballet, 2005)
  • Odna Zhizn (2009)
  • Concerto for Orchestra (2008)
  • Symphony No. 3 (2011)

Orchestra with soloists

  • Violin Concerto (1991 )
  • Trombone Concerto (1991, awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Music)
  • Cello Concerto ( 1992-93)
  • Flute Concerto (1993, UA 1994)
  • The rescued Alberich (drums, 1997)
  • Seeing (piano, 1998)
  • Concert de Gaudí (Guitar, 1999)
  • Clarinet Concerto (2001)

Voice and Orchestra

  • Karolju ( Choir, 1990)
  • Padavali Kabir ( " Kabir Songbook", soprano, 1997-98 )
  • Requiem ( 2001-02)

Chamber Music

  • Ogoun Badagris ( percussion ensemble, 1976)
  • Quattro Madrigali (8 -voice choir, 1976)
  • Ku -Ka- Ilimoku ( percussion ensemble, 1978)
  • Midnight Songs ( bass baritone and mixed ensemble, 1979)
  • Rotae Passionis ( mixed ensemble, 1982)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1982 )
  • Lares Hercii ( Violin and Harpsichord, 1983)
  • The Surma Ritornelli ( mixed ensemble, 1983)
  • Artemis ( brass quintet, 1988)
  • Bonham (drums ensemble, 1988)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1988 )
  • Compline (flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet, 1996)
  • Rapturedux ( Cello Ensemble, 2001)

Solo compositions

  • Morpheus ( Cello, 1975)
  • Liber Daemonum (Organ, 1980)
  • Little Gorgon (piano, 1986)
  • Ricordanza ( Cello, 1995)
  • Valentine (flute, 1996)
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