Danielpour taught at the
Manhattan School of Music from 1993 to 2017. He joined the faculty of
Curtis Institute of Music in 1997.[3] He joined the faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music of the University of California Los Angeles in 2017.
Music
In common with many other American composers of the post-war generation, Danielpour began his career in a
serialist milieu, but rejected it in the late 1980s in favor of a more ecumenical and "humdrum" idiom. He cites the
Beatles—along with
John Adams,
Christopher Rouse, and
Joseph Schwantner—as influences on his more recent musical style. Danielpour's notable works include First Light (1988) for chamber orchestra, three symphonies (1985, 1986, and 1990), four
piano concerti (1981, 1993, 2002 and 2009), the ballet Anima mundi (1995), and the opera Margaret Garner (2005).[4]
three arias from Danielpour's 2005 opera
Margaret Garner; commissioned by the
Wheeling Symphony, who premièred the work with soprano soloist Tracie Luck and André Raphael Smith conducting in
Wheeling, West Virginia, on May 19, 2006.
Voices of Remembrance (2006),
concerto for string quartet and orchestra
Vox Terrae (2008), for orchestra (G.Shirmer/A.M.P.)
Commissioned by the Lancaster Symphony
Lacrimae Beati (2009), for string orchestra
commissioned by the Sejong Soloists, who premièred the work at
Alice Tully Hall,
New York in December 2009.
Icarus (2009), for large brass ensemble, seven percussion and two pianos
commissioned by a consortium of eighteen US universities, premièred by the
Indiana University of Pennsylvania "Keystone Brass Ensemble" at the WASBE International Conference in July 2010. A further performance was given by the
Pittsburgh Symphony in 2010. The score is dedicated to
Jack Stamp.
Mirrors (2009), suite in five movements for piano and orchestra
Danielpour taught at the
Manhattan School of Music from 1993 to 2017. He joined the faculty of
Curtis Institute of Music in 1997.[3] He joined the faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music of the University of California Los Angeles in 2017.
Music
In common with many other American composers of the post-war generation, Danielpour began his career in a
serialist milieu, but rejected it in the late 1980s in favor of a more ecumenical and "humdrum" idiom. He cites the
Beatles—along with
John Adams,
Christopher Rouse, and
Joseph Schwantner—as influences on his more recent musical style. Danielpour's notable works include First Light (1988) for chamber orchestra, three symphonies (1985, 1986, and 1990), four
piano concerti (1981, 1993, 2002 and 2009), the ballet Anima mundi (1995), and the opera Margaret Garner (2005).[4]
three arias from Danielpour's 2005 opera
Margaret Garner; commissioned by the
Wheeling Symphony, who premièred the work with soprano soloist Tracie Luck and André Raphael Smith conducting in
Wheeling, West Virginia, on May 19, 2006.
Voices of Remembrance (2006),
concerto for string quartet and orchestra
Vox Terrae (2008), for orchestra (G.Shirmer/A.M.P.)
Commissioned by the Lancaster Symphony
Lacrimae Beati (2009), for string orchestra
commissioned by the Sejong Soloists, who premièred the work at
Alice Tully Hall,
New York in December 2009.
Icarus (2009), for large brass ensemble, seven percussion and two pianos
commissioned by a consortium of eighteen US universities, premièred by the
Indiana University of Pennsylvania "Keystone Brass Ensemble" at the WASBE International Conference in July 2010. A further performance was given by the
Pittsburgh Symphony in 2010. The score is dedicated to
Jack Stamp.
Mirrors (2009), suite in five movements for piano and orchestra