Artists by Instrument » composition

Artist Name Artist Bio Instruments Genres
zipkraduo David Krakauer & Evan Ziporyn Renowned clarinetists David Krakauer and Evan Ziporyn join Linked Music host Peter Cummings on this month’s program. Known for his mastery of myriad styles, David Krakauer occupies the unique position of being one of the world’s leading exponents of Eastern European Jewish klezmer music, … Read More_» , ,
david_lang_photo1_copyright_2009_peter_serling_200px David Lang and Leonard Slatkin This month on Linked Music, Peter Cummings interviews composer David Lang and conductor Leonard Slatkin. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang is both deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms.  He moves easily be… Read More_» ,
eric_5crop Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre is one of the most popular and performed composers of our time, a distinguished conductor, broadcaster, and public speaker. In 2001, he became the youngest recipient ever awarded the coveted Raymond C. Brock commission by the ACDA, despite coming to classical music relatively late in l… Read More_» ,
gabriel_kahane_sitting2_crop Gabriel Kahane Composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane writes string quartets, musicals and pop songs. What unites all of his musical efforts is the desire to communicate honestly and without pretense. Equally at home as a performer as in the composing studio, the two-time MacDowell Colony Fellow was hailed … Read More_» , , , , ,
bio Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock is a musical prodigy, a jazz legend, and a 12-time Grammy Award-winner. At seven years old, he began studying European classical music but also immersed himself in rhythm and blues at the same time. By 11, he performed Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 26 in D” and “Coronation” w… Read More_» , , , ,
jbiegel_light_hires_2_cropsmall Jeffrey Biegel Jeffrey Biegel has created a multi-faceted career as a pianist, recording artist, composer and arranger. Born a second-generation American, Mr. Biegel’s roots are of Russian and Austrian heritage. Until the age of three, Mr. Biegel could neither hear nor speak, until corrected by surgery. The… Read More_» , ,
mauceriDSO 001_by_donald_dietz_crop200 John Mauceri John Mauceri is the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), the Founding Director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Music Director of Walt Disney’s Legacy Series Concerts. His distinguished and extraordinary career has taken him not only to the world’s greate… Read More_» , , ,
john_williams_200 John Williams In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and the concert stage. Born and raised in New York, Williams moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948, where he studied composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.… Read More_» , ,
bio Michael Daugherty In 2011, composer, pianist and teacher Michael Daugherty won three Grammy Awards for the piano concerto “Deus Ex Machina,” a sonic tribute to trains, and Metropolis Symphony, an album inspired by Superman. According to the League of American Orchestras, he is one of the ten most performed contem… Read More_» , , , , , ,
mtt02_300_200 Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tilson Thomas is the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. The Grammy and Peabody award-winning conductor, pianist and composer was born in Los Angeles into a fami… Read More_» , , ,
bio Natalie Merchant Singer-songwriter and pianist Natalie Merchant was born in 1963, in Jamestown, New York. Her father was a jazz musician and her mother, a classical music devotee, was a secretary. She studied the piano, spent free time in the library and dreamed of becoming an artist. Participating in an accelerated… Read More_» , , , , ,
bio Owen Pallett Born in 1979, Owen Pallett, the son of a church-playing organist, began playing the violin and piano at the age of three and composed his first piece at thirteen. While studying composition at the University of Toronto, he joined the band Picastro. He went on to form Les Mouches who gained early fam… Read More_» , , , , , ,
oneill_portrait_by_mark_weiss_200 Paul O’Neill This month, Linked Music brings together classical music and heavy metal.  Host Peter Cummings interviews Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O’Neill to talk all about the connections. O’Neill formed the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) in 1996, and immediately approached long time friends… Read More_» , , , , , , ,
bio Roberto Sierra Classical composer Roberto Sierra and jazz saxophonist James Carter came together to create Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra—a four-part concerto that seamlessly integrates the forms and harmonic language of contemporary classical music, Latin rhythms, and jazz’s improvisational imperative.… Read More_» ,
tori_mkt_200b Tori Amos Eight-time Grammy Award-nominated pianist, singer-songwriter and composer Tori Amos joins Peter on Linked Music this month.  Perhaps best known for her confessional, piano-driven ballads, Tori’s influences range wide–from conservatory, to her own pop band, to alternative rock, to electr… Read More_» , , , , ,
bio Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. By creating and performi… Read More_» , , , ,