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Born September 6, 1938 (age 86) • New Rochelle • New York
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (2007) • Grawemeyer Award (1990)
Notable Works “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman” • “Made in America” • “Silver Ladders”
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
John Adams
John Adams
American composer and conductor
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Elliott Carter
American composer
Steve Reich
American composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Samuel Barber
American composer
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Morton Gould
American musician and composer
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer
Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen
French composer
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish composer
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Italian composer
Witold Lutosławski
Polish composer
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Harry Lawrence Freeman
American composer and conductor