David Starobin
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David Starobin is an American classical guitar
ist, record producer, and film director. He is married to Rebecca Askew Starobin (married 1975), and is the father of Robert Joseph Starobin III (b. 1979), and Allegra Rose Starobin (b. 1987).
Starobin started playing the guitar at the age of seven, studying first with Manuel Gayol, then Albert Valdes Blain and at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) with Aaron Shearer. While at Peabody he became Shearer's assistant, directing Peabody's chamber music program for guitarists (1971–73). During this period Starobin worked closely with pianist Leon Fleisher, becoming a member of Fleisher's Theater Chamber Players of The John F. Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.).
David Starobin has toured in the USA as a recitalist, chamber player and orchestral soloist performing at festivals including Marlboro, Aspen, Santa Fe Chamber, and Tanglewood, and with orchestras and ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Emerson and Guarneri String Quartets as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Since 1978 he has made annual solo tours in Europe, performing at festivals and making radio and television broadcasts. Starobin is a member of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae, with whom he has performed and recorded as guitarist and conductor. He also recorded and toured since 1969 with the baritone, Patrick Mason.
Starobin has chaired guitar departments at Brooklyn College
, Bennington College
, the North Carolina School of the Arts
, the State University of New York at Purchase
, and, from 1993 to 2004, the Manhattan School of Music
. He remains on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music (2010). In September 2010, Starobin was appointed to the newly created "Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies" at the Curtis Institute of Music. Starobin will join guitarist Jason Vieaux to create the school's guitar program, beginning in September, 2011. Starobin was the first guitarist to have been awarded Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Grant (1988); was honored by Peabody Conservatory with its "Distinguished Alumni Award" (1999); and was given with his wife, Becky Starobin, ASCAP's 'Deems Taylor Award' for their work with Bridge Records (2007). In 2011, Starobin was inducted into the Guitar Foundation of America's "Hall of Fame" and was given the GFA's "Artistic Achievement Award", becoming, at age 59, the youngest recipient of this honor.
Starobin's own guitar recordings, made mainly for Bridge Records, have presented first performances of dozens of new compositions, as well as a broad range of repertoire from the 19th and 20th century. In 1990 he made the first recording of the newly discovered Giulio Regondi (1822–1872) "10 Etudes", a work now regarded as a landmark in romantic-period guitar repertoire. In 2005 he was filmed (London) performing works of Sor and Giuliani on a 1923 Herman Hauser parlor guitar for a DVD released by Mel Bay, Inc. (St. Louis).
Starobin's work in collaboration with several guitar builders has also been noteworthy. In the 80s, Starobin began to perform and record 19th century music on period instruments, notably by Panormo, La Cote, and Stauffer. At the same time, he was performing modern repertoire on traditional Spanish style instruments, including guitars by Hauser, Friedrich and Humphrey. Starobin's close working relationship with Thomas Humphrey led to the design of the Humphrey's first "Millenium" style instrument- a guitar with a raised fingerboard that allowed improved access to the upper positions of the guitar's neck. This instrument came to be used by many of the guitar world's leading performers. Later, Starobin worked closely with the British builder Gary Southwell to develop Southwell's "A" series. These instruments utilized a version of J.G. Stauffer's adjustable action, combining this old device with more modern design. In recent years, Starobin has played instruments built by the Chicago-based Richard Brune-an instrument that combines significantly smaller neck size, and a modified cutaway along side Brune's traditional Spanish design.
In 1981, Starobin and wife Becky, formed the record label Bridge Records, Inc.
, a company that has released more than 300 CDs and DVDs (May, 2009). Bridge Records has been nominated for twenty-two Grammy Awards and has received three - for Best Contemporary Composition for George Crumb's "Star-Child" (2001) (BRIDGE 9099 David Starobin, Producer), for Best Classical Vocal Recording for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Peter Serkin's performance of Peter Lieberson's "Rilke Songs" (BRIDGE 9178, David Starobin, Producer) (2007), and for Garrick Ohlsson's Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2008) for Best Solo Instrumental Recording (BRIDGE 9207, Adam Abeshouse, Producer). In addition to his Grammy Award as Producer, Starobin has been nominated for two Grammy Awards as performer: on guitar for his "Newdance: 18 Dances for Guitar 1996-97" (Best Instrumental Solo Recording); and on mandolin for "George Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children" (Best Small Ensemble Recording) (2006).
Starobin's major projects as record producer include Bridge's ongoing complete George Crumb Edition, begun in 1982 with a recording made by mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani and pianist Gilbert Kalish (BDG 2002, LP). Bridge's Crumb recordings were all made in collaboration with the composer, who attended all the recording sessions, and also recorded for the series as pianist, percussionist and narrator. The Bridge Records Crumb series culminated in 2009 with the release of the film 'George Crumb, "Bad Dog!"' (2009), directed by Starobin. The film's premiere screening was presented in London by the BBC, as part of a festival devoted to the music of Crumb. Starobin has also worked closely with the piano virtuoso Vassily Primakov, producing recordings of concertos by Mozart, Chopin and Dvorak, and solo recordings of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann. In 2009 Starobin directed a film featuring Primakov performing works by Brahms, Chopin and Scriabin.
In 1995, Bridge Records, Inc. signed an agreement with The Library of Congress to co-produce the CD series: "Great Performances from the Library of Congress", featuring previously un-issued concert performances recorded in the LOC's Coolidge Auditorium (1937–present). Artists appearing on the first 24 volumes of the series include Nathan Milstein, George Szell, The Budapest String Quartet, Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber, Cecil Taylor, Leopold Stokowski, Jan DeGaetani, Aaron Copland, The Golden Gate Quartet, Josh White, John Barrows, Berl Senofsky, Gary Graffman, Dorothy Maynor, Artur Balsam, Henryk Szeryng, Buddy Collette, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Marcel Grandjany, Gustave Langenus, and Zino Francescatti. The Bridge/LOC series has been noted for its re-mastering of the LOC's original materials, in restorations supervised by Adam Abeshouse and David Starobin.
He has given the premieres of numerous contemporary works.
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist, record producer, and film director. He is married to Rebecca Askew Starobin (married 1975), and is the father of Robert Joseph Starobin III (b. 1979), and Allegra Rose Starobin (b. 1987).
Starobin started playing the guitar at the age of seven, studying first with Manuel Gayol, then Albert Valdes Blain and at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) with Aaron Shearer. While at Peabody he became Shearer's assistant, directing Peabody's chamber music program for guitarists (1971–73). During this period Starobin worked closely with pianist Leon Fleisher, becoming a member of Fleisher's Theater Chamber Players of The John F. Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.).
David Starobin has toured in the USA as a recitalist, chamber player and orchestral soloist performing at festivals including Marlboro, Aspen, Santa Fe Chamber, and Tanglewood, and with orchestras and ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Emerson and Guarneri String Quartets as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Since 1978 he has made annual solo tours in Europe, performing at festivals and making radio and television broadcasts. Starobin is a member of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae, with whom he has performed and recorded as guitarist and conductor. He also recorded and toured since 1969 with the baritone, Patrick Mason.
Starobin has chaired guitar departments at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...
, Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
, the North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
, the State University of New York at Purchase
State University of New York at Purchase
Purchase College, State University of New York, is a public four-year college located in Purchase, New York, United States. It is one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the State University of New York system...
, and, from 1993 to 2004, the Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
. He remains on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music (2010). In September 2010, Starobin was appointed to the newly created "Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies" at the Curtis Institute of Music. Starobin will join guitarist Jason Vieaux to create the school's guitar program, beginning in September, 2011. Starobin was the first guitarist to have been awarded Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Grant (1988); was honored by Peabody Conservatory with its "Distinguished Alumni Award" (1999); and was given with his wife, Becky Starobin, ASCAP's 'Deems Taylor Award' for their work with Bridge Records (2007). In 2011, Starobin was inducted into the Guitar Foundation of America's "Hall of Fame" and was given the GFA's "Artistic Achievement Award", becoming, at age 59, the youngest recipient of this honor.
Starobin's own guitar recordings, made mainly for Bridge Records, have presented first performances of dozens of new compositions, as well as a broad range of repertoire from the 19th and 20th century. In 1990 he made the first recording of the newly discovered Giulio Regondi (1822–1872) "10 Etudes", a work now regarded as a landmark in romantic-period guitar repertoire. In 2005 he was filmed (London) performing works of Sor and Giuliani on a 1923 Herman Hauser parlor guitar for a DVD released by Mel Bay, Inc. (St. Louis).
Starobin's work in collaboration with several guitar builders has also been noteworthy. In the 80s, Starobin began to perform and record 19th century music on period instruments, notably by Panormo, La Cote, and Stauffer. At the same time, he was performing modern repertoire on traditional Spanish style instruments, including guitars by Hauser, Friedrich and Humphrey. Starobin's close working relationship with Thomas Humphrey led to the design of the Humphrey's first "Millenium" style instrument- a guitar with a raised fingerboard that allowed improved access to the upper positions of the guitar's neck. This instrument came to be used by many of the guitar world's leading performers. Later, Starobin worked closely with the British builder Gary Southwell to develop Southwell's "A" series. These instruments utilized a version of J.G. Stauffer's adjustable action, combining this old device with more modern design. In recent years, Starobin has played instruments built by the Chicago-based Richard Brune-an instrument that combines significantly smaller neck size, and a modified cutaway along side Brune's traditional Spanish design.
In 1981, Starobin and wife Becky, formed the record label Bridge Records, Inc.
Bridge Records, Inc.
Bridge Records, Inc. is an independent record label based in New Rochelle, New York that specializes in 20th century classical music. Its president is Becky Starobin...
, a company that has released more than 300 CDs and DVDs (May, 2009). Bridge Records has been nominated for twenty-two Grammy Awards and has received three - for Best Contemporary Composition for George Crumb's "Star-Child" (2001) (BRIDGE 9099 David Starobin, Producer), for Best Classical Vocal Recording for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Peter Serkin's performance of Peter Lieberson's "Rilke Songs" (BRIDGE 9178, David Starobin, Producer) (2007), and for Garrick Ohlsson's Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2008) for Best Solo Instrumental Recording (BRIDGE 9207, Adam Abeshouse, Producer). In addition to his Grammy Award as Producer, Starobin has been nominated for two Grammy Awards as performer: on guitar for his "Newdance: 18 Dances for Guitar 1996-97" (Best Instrumental Solo Recording); and on mandolin for "George Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children" (Best Small Ensemble Recording) (2006).
Starobin's major projects as record producer include Bridge's ongoing complete George Crumb Edition, begun in 1982 with a recording made by mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani and pianist Gilbert Kalish (BDG 2002, LP). Bridge's Crumb recordings were all made in collaboration with the composer, who attended all the recording sessions, and also recorded for the series as pianist, percussionist and narrator. The Bridge Records Crumb series culminated in 2009 with the release of the film 'George Crumb, "Bad Dog!"' (2009), directed by Starobin. The film's premiere screening was presented in London by the BBC, as part of a festival devoted to the music of Crumb. Starobin has also worked closely with the piano virtuoso Vassily Primakov, producing recordings of concertos by Mozart, Chopin and Dvorak, and solo recordings of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann. In 2009 Starobin directed a film featuring Primakov performing works by Brahms, Chopin and Scriabin.
In 1995, Bridge Records, Inc. signed an agreement with The Library of Congress to co-produce the CD series: "Great Performances from the Library of Congress", featuring previously un-issued concert performances recorded in the LOC's Coolidge Auditorium (1937–present). Artists appearing on the first 24 volumes of the series include Nathan Milstein, George Szell, The Budapest String Quartet, Leontyne Price, Samuel Barber, Cecil Taylor, Leopold Stokowski, Jan DeGaetani, Aaron Copland, The Golden Gate Quartet, Josh White, John Barrows, Berl Senofsky, Gary Graffman, Dorothy Maynor, Artur Balsam, Henryk Szeryng, Buddy Collette, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Marcel Grandjany, Gustave Langenus, and Zino Francescatti. The Bridge/LOC series has been noted for its re-mastering of the LOC's original materials, in restorations supervised by Adam Abeshouse and David Starobin.
He has given the premieres of numerous contemporary works.
Pieces written for David Starobin include
(solo guitar, unless otherwise noted)- William AndersonWilliam Anderson (guitarist)William Anderson is an American guitarist and composer.Anderson studied the guitar with Allen Krantz, Christoph Harlan and David Starobin, and composition with Frank Brickle...
- "Scherzo" (2001) - Theodore AntoniouTheodore AntoniouTheodore Antoniou , is a Greek composer and conductor. His works vary from operas and choral works to chamber music, from film and theatre music to solo instrumental works. In addition to his career as composer and conductor, he also holds the position of professor of composition at Boston University...
- "Danza" (1997) - Milton BabbittMilton BabbittMilton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
— Composition for Guitar (1984); Danci (1996); Soli e Duettini (1989) for flute and guitar - Simon BainbridgeSimon BainbridgeSimon Bainbridge is a British composer, and a professor and former head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in the United States.-Biography:...
— Guitar Concerto (1998); Dances for Moon Animals (1999) - William Bland — "Between Moments I" (1969); "Home, After Years Away" (1970) for guitar and percussion; "The Point Stops" (1971) for 9 guitars and two mandolins; "Four Songs on poems of Laurence d'A.M. Glass" (1973); "An Impression by Arp" (1974) for guitar and 5 instruments; "An Impression by Crumb" (1975) for guitar and chamber ensemble; "Song for David" (1974); "Song on a text by Rick Meyers" (1976) baritone and guitar; A Fantasy-Homage to Tomas Luis de Victoria (1977); "Guitar Concerto" (1976)for guitar and orchestra; "Dance Book" (1997); "Variations on a Danish Folk Song" (2010) for guitar and piano;
- Harold Blumenfeld "Rilke" (1975) for soprano and guitar
- Dusan BogdanovicDušan BogdanovicDušan Bogdanović is a Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist. He has explored musical languages which are reflected in his style today: a unique synthesis of classical, jazz and ethnic music...
"Psychic Engines" (1998) - Michael Calvert "Suma" (1991)
- Elliott CarterElliott CarterElliott Cook Carter, Jr. is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal, rhythmically complex music...
— "Changes" (1983); "Shard" (1997) - David Colson - "Medusa's Eye" (2005) for guitar and vibraphone
- George CrumbGeorge CrumbGeorge Crumb is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques. Examples include seagull effect for the cello , metallic vibrato for the piano George Crumb (born...
— "Quest" (1988–94) for guitar and 5 instruments; Mundus Canis" (A Dog's World)(1998) for guitar and percussion; "The Ghosts of Alhambra" (2008) baritone, guitar, percussion - Mario DavidovskyMario DavidovskyMario Davidovsky is an Argentine-American composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today...
— Synchronisms No. 10 (1992) for guitar and electronic sounds; "Festino" (1994) for guitar, viola, cello and contrabass - Stephen Dembski "Le Monde Merengue" (1998)
- David Del TrediciDavid Del TrediciDavid Del Tredici, born March 16, 1937 in Cloverdale, California, is an American composer. According to Del Tredici's website, Aaron Copland said David Del Tredici "is that rare find among composers — a creator with a truly original gift...
-- "Acrostic Song" from 'Final Alice' arr. by Stephen Mercurio, rev. by David Del Tredici and David Starobin - John W. DuarteJohn W. DuarteJohn William Duarte was a British composer, guitarist and writer.Duarte was born in Sheffield, England, but lived in Manchester from the age of 6...
— "Valse en Rondeau" (1997) - David Dzubay _-- "Scherzo" (1997); "Lullaby" (1997)
- Brian Fennelly - "Maverick Tango" (2003)
- Tom FlahertyTom FlahertyTom Flaherty, more commonly known under his pseudonym Old Flaherty, was an American criminal, sneak thief and river pirate in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century. He was the patriarch of a criminal family in New York's Seventh Ward which terrorized the New York waterfront in the...
-- "Timeflies" (1996) for cello and guitar; "A Heckuva Job" (2006) for baritone, guitar, percussion - Lukas FossLukas FossLukas Foss was a German-born American composer, conductor, and pianist.-Music career:He was born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922. His father was the philosopher and scholar Martin Fuchs...
-- "Chaconne" (1987) for guitar and pre-recorded guitar - David Glaser -- "Journey" (2001)
- Daniel Goritz -- "decadance IV" (1998)
- Calvin HamptonCalvin HamptonCalvin Hampton was a leading American organist and sacred music composer.He was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and Syracuse University . He served as Organist and Choirmaster of Calvary Episcopal Church, Gramercy Park, New York City, from September 1963 to...
-- "Laura" (1974) for soprano and guitar - Stephen JaffeStephen JaffeStephen Jaffe is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, USA, and serves on the music faculty of Duke University, where he holds the post of Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition; his colleagues there include composers Scott...
-- "Spinoff" (1997) - Bryan JohansonBryan JohansonBryan Johanson is an American classical guitarist & composer.He was born in Portland, Oregon and is recognized as a composer of modern works....
-- "Open Up Your Ears" (1997); "Think Fast" (2000) - Jonathan HarveyJonathan Harvey (composer)Jonathan Harvey is a British composer. He has held teaching positions at universities and music conservatories in Europe and the USA and is frequently invited to teach in summer schools around the world.-Life:...
-- "Sufi Dance" (1997) - Louis KarchinLouis KarchinLouis Karchin , is an American composer, conductor and educator. He co-founded the Chamber Players of the League-ISCM, the Orchestra of the League of Composers, and the Harvard Group for New Music....
-- Saraband/Variation (1999) - Barbara KolbBarbara KolbBarbara Kolb is an American composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units . She was the first American woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. She received her B.M. and M.M...
— "Looking for Claudio" (1975) for guitar and pre-recorded tape; "Songs Before an Adieu" (1976–78) for voice, flute and guitar; "Three Lullabies (1980); Umbrian Colors (1986) for violin and guitar; "Molto Allegra" (1988) - Meyer KupfermanMeyer KupfermanMeyer Kupferman was a prolific American composer and clarinetist.-Life:Meyer Kupferman was born in New York City. A self taught composer, Kupferman first gained attention in the late 1940s when his early opera "In A Garden" was premiered at the Tanglewood and Edinburgh Festivals. From 1951 to 1993...
"The Invisible Timepiece" (1974) for guitar and pre-recorded tape; "Echoes from Barcelona" (1975); "Premeditation" (1976) for clarinet and guitar; "Icarus" (1976) for guitar, viola and cello; "Skywriters" (1976) for oboe, guitar and contrabass; "Fantasy Duo" for guirar and harp (1978) "The Lament von Orfeo" (1979) soprano and guitar; "Poetics" (1981) for guitar and vibraphone; "Phantom Rhapsody" (Concerto for guitar and orchestra) (1991); Three Dances (2002); - Paul LanskyPaul LanskyPaul Lansky is an American electronic-music or computer-music composer who has been producing works from the 1970s up to the present day .-Biography:...
-- "Semi-Suite" (1997); "Songs of Parting" (2006), for baritone, guitar, percussion; "Six Preludes" (2007), "Guitar Concerto: With the Grain" (2009) - Mario LavistaMario LavistaMario Lavista is a Mexican composer and writer. He has had numerous pieces published, especially chamber music, but also incidental music for plays, film scores, orchestral pieces, and vocal music....
"Natarayah" (1997) - Tania LeonTania LeonTania León is a Cuban composer and conductor who has been recognized as an educator and advisor to arts organizations.-León's Music:...
"Bailarin" (1998) - David LeisnerDavid LeisnerDavid Leisner is a classical guitarist, composer, teacher at the Manhattan School of Music and one of the leading authorities on focal dystonia, due to being impaired by the injury for 12 years and recovering through methods that he developed and now teaches his students.-Biography:David Leisner...
"Three James Tate Songs" (2007) baritone and guitar - Gerald Levenson "Here of amazing most now" (1999) for guitar, saxophone, and six instruments
- David LiptakDavid LiptakDavid Liptak is a composer and music teacher living in Rochester, New York.-Music career:...
"Forlane" (1999) - John Anthony LennonJohn Anthony LennonJohn Anthony Lennon is an American composer of contemporary classical music based in Georgia. He was raised in Mill Valley, California, and is a professor of composition at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia...
— Another's Fandango (1981), Gigolo (1996), Guitar Concerto Zingari (1991) - Elisabeth LutyensElisabeth LutyensElisabeth Lutyens, CBE was a significant English composer.- Early life and education :She was one of the five children of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and his wife Emily, who was profoundly involved in the Theosophical Movement...
— Romanza (1977) - Steve MackeySteve MackeySteve Mackey is a British musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar in the band Pulp. He also played bass for Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker in the latter's solo career, and worked as a songwriter and producer with artists such as M.I.A...
-- "San Francisco Shuffle" (1997) - Tod MachoverTod MachoverTod Machover , is a composer and an innovator in the application of technology in music. He is the son of Wilma Machover, a pianist and Carl Machover, a computer scientist....
-- "Four Songs" (1973); "Guitar Concerto" (1978); "Deplacements" (1979) for guitar and computer-generated tape; "Bug-Mudra" (1989–90) for 2 guitars, percussion and live computer electronics; - Colin MatthewsColin MatthewsColin Matthews OBE is an English composer of classical music.-Early life and education:Matthews was born in London in 1946; his older brother is the composer David Matthews. He read classics at the University of Nottingham, and then studied composition there with Arnold Whittall, and with Nicholas...
"Introduction, Chaconne and Corrente" (1999) - Jorge MorelJorge MorelJorge Morel is a classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. He is now living and working in New York City.-Biography:...
-- "Reflexiones Latinas" (1997) - John MustoJohn MustoJohn Musto is an American composer and pianist. As a composer, he is active in opera, orchestral and chamber music, song, vocal ensemble, and solo piano works. As a pianist, he performs frequently as a soloist, alone and with orchestra, as a chamber musician, and with singers.-Career:Born in 1954...
-- "Songs" (2010) baritone and guitar - Akemi Naito -- "The Idea of Order at Key West" (2007) baritone, guitar, percussion
- Per NørgårdPer NørgårdPer Nørgård is a Danish composer.-Biography:Nørgård studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. To begin with, he was strongly influenced by the Nordic styles of Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen and Vagn Holmboe...
-- "Serenita" (1996) - Frank Oteri -- "Manipulacao" (2004)
- Apostolos ParaskevasApostolos ParaskevasApostolos Paraskevas is a Grammy-nominated composer and guitarist. He was born in Volos, Greece.Apostolos Paraskevas is a published recording artist and recently an award winning Film Director/Producer...
-- "Chase Dance" (1996) - Mel PowellMel PowellMel Powell was a jazz pianist and composer of classical music.Mel Epstein was born to Russian Jewish parents, Milton Epstein and Mildred Mark Epstein, and began playing piano as a child. He performed jazz professionally in New York City as a teenager...
-- "Setting" (1986) - James Primosch -- "Dancing with Mondrian"
- Karl Aage RasmussenKarl Aage RasmussenKarl Aage Rasmussen is a Danish composer and writer.Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 70s, but increasingly he used pre-existing musical material in new connections and for new purposes, most often in a densely woven montage of small idioms...
"Invisible Mirrors" (1999) concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra - Jay ReiseJay Reise-Biography:Reise spent his childhood surrounded by classical music and jazz, but began his composition studies with Jimmy Giuffre and Hugh Hartwell in 1970...
-- "Dragonflies Sing Near" (1999) - Roger ReynoldsRoger ReynoldsRoger Reynolds is an American composer born July 18, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. He is a professor at the University of California at San Diego. He received an undergraduate degree in engineering physics from the University of Michigan where he later studied composition with Ross Lee Finney...
-- "The Behaviour of Mirrors" (1986) - Ronald Roxbury - "Quasimodo at Wit's End" (1968/9) for flute, guitar and bass; "Le Sofa de Solfege" (1974) for soprano and guitar; "Four Driscoll Songs" for baritone, guitar and water instruments; "Joe" (1975); "Lullaby for R.J.S." (1980); "There is No Void..." (1985); "Two Last Songs" (1986) for baritone, flute and guitar
- Poul RudersPoul RudersPoul Ruders is a Danish composer.Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s...
— Etude and Ricercare (1994), Chaconne (1997), Pages 1–10 (2008); "Pages" 11-13" (2010),"Guitar Concerto No. 1 "Psalmodies"" for guitar and nine instruments (1986), "Solo Suite from Psalmodies" (1987); "Guitar Concerto No. 2 "Paganini Variations"" for guitar and orchestra (2000); Solo version of "Paganini Variations" (2002); New Rochelle Suite (2005) for guitar and percussion. - Robert SaxtonRobert Saxton-Biography:After early advice and encouragement from Benjamin Britten, Robert Saxton took private composition lessons with Elisabeth Lutyens. He went on to study with Robin Holloway at Cambridge University, with Robert Sherlaw Johnson as a post-graduate at Oxford University, and later with Berio....
— Night Dance (1987); "Miniature Dance for a Marionette Rabbi" (1999) - Gunther SchullerGunther SchullerGunther Schuller is an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.- Biography and works :...
— Fantasy Suite (1994) - Leo SmitLeo Smit (American composer)-Life:Leo Smit was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child his mother took him to Russia where he studied with the composer Dmitri Kabalevsky. He later studied piano in New York with Isabella Vengerova and José Iturbi and composition with Nicolas Nabokov...
- "Dickinson Songs" (1988–90) baritone and guitar - Gregg Smith "Steps" (1975) for soprano and guitar
- Stephen SondheimStephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
"Sunday Song Set" (1984) for baritone and guitar (arr. Michael Starobin, rev. Stephen Sondheim; from the show "Sunday in the Park with George") - Bent SørensenBent SørensenBent Sørensen is a Danish composer.Sørensen studied composition with Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Per Nørgård at the Jutland Music Academy....
— Angelus Waltz (1996) - David Starobin - "The Rapdity of Sleep" (1972); "Sensations musicales" (1973); "Trio" for flute, guitar/mandolin, piano (1974); "Three Places in New Rochelle" (2002) guitar and percussion; "Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen" (2010); Berceuse bas de gamme (2010) for cheap electric guitar.
- Michael StarobinMichael StarobinMichael Starobin is an orchestrator, arranger, and Musical Director, primarily for the stage and television.-Career:The first Broadway musical that Starobin provided the orchestrations for was Sunday in the Park with George in 1984, for which he won the 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding...
"Short Piece" (1976); "V" (1979) for 9 guitars; "Chase" (1987) for guitar and electronics; "The Snoid Trucks Up Broadway" (1997); "Joshua Variations" (1992); "Four Stevens" (1992) for baritone and guitar; "Wedding Song" (2005) for voice and guitar; "Anniversary Song" for voice and guitar(2007) - Melinda WagnerMelinda WagnerMelinda Wagner is a US composer, and winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in music. Her undergraduate degree is from Hamilton College....
— Arabesque (1999) - Anna Weesner - "An August Rhythm" (1999)
- Richard WernickRichard WernickRichard Wernick in Boston, Massachusetts is a US composer. He is best known for his composition "Visions of Terror and Wonder," which won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Music.-Career:...
— "Da'ase" (1996); "Trochaic Trot" (2000); "The Name of the Game" (2002) (Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Ensemble); "Tristram Redux" (2006) for baritone, guitar, percussion
Sound files from recordings
- Paul Lansky - Crooked Courante (from Newdance (Bridge Records 9084))
- John Anthony Lennon - Another's Fandango (1981) (from Guitar, Vol. 1-3 (Bridge Records 9009))
- Elliott Carter - Changes (1983) (from New Music With Guitar, Vol. 1-3 (Bridge Records 9009))
- Bryan Johanson - Open Up Your Ears (1997) (from Newdance (Bridge Records 9084))
- Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 10 (1992) (from New Music with Guitar, Volume 5 (Bridge Records 9042))
External links
- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/arts/music/bridge-records-holds-onto-its-niche-with-a-very-firm-grip.html?scp=1&sq=bridge%20records&st=cse
- http://www.fanfaremag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46484
- Worth Fretting Over (Interview - transcript available)
- Art of the States: David Starobin Four pieces performed by the guitarist
- Some photos of LP covers (Oviatt Library Digital Collections)