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Jefferson Friedman (born 1974 Swampscott, Massachusetts) is an American composer. He lives in Long Island City, NY. He received an M.M. degree in music composition from The Juilliard School, where he studied with John Corigliano, and a B.A. from Columbia University, where he studied with David Rakowski and Jonathan Kramer. He also studied with George Tsontakis and Christopher Rouse. == Musical work == Friedman's work has received positive reviews.〔A New York Times review called it "impossible to resist". (NY Times- February 4, 2008 )〕〔 Sequenza 21 review said "() goes a lot further toward sustaining interest and tension than composers twice his age (and with Pulitzer Prizes)." (Sequenza 21-Saturday, April 30, 2005 )〕 His pieces have been performed throughout the United States and abroad, including at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the American Academy in Rome. Friedman was commissioned three times by Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra: * March, * The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly * Sacred Heart: Explosion March is a brief closing piece, commissioned by the orchestra as part of the Hechinger Encores series. The Throne and Sacred Heart are the second and third sections of a planned orchestral trilogy entitled In the Realms of the Unreal, each movement of which is based on the life and work of a different American outsider or visionary artist. The Throne is a musical depiction of Washington outsider artist James Hampton's (1909-1964) sculptural work of the same name. After its premiere, The Washington Post described the piece as having "ambitious scale and complexity"〔(Washington Post-September 30, 2007 )〕 The piece has subsequently been performed by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center's Avery Fischer Hall, and by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Sacred Heart: Explosion was commissioned in October 2007, as a revised version of something Friedman wrote while a student at Juilliard. This is based on the work of visionary artist Henry Darger, of Chicago (1892-1972).〔After the premiere, The Washington Times reported that it was "thoroughly modern, highly intelligent music." (Washington Times - October 6, 2007 )〕 It was performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in June 2008, and included in the 2008 exhibit "Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger" at The American Folk Art Museum in New York Other works include two string quartets, No. 2 and No. 3, written for the Chiara String Quartet.〔Sequenza 21 reported about quartet No. 3, " about two-thirds of the way through, something special happens... one realizes one has just heard something a little amazing."(Sequenza 21-Saturday, April 30, 2005 )〕 String Quartet No. 2 was published by G. Schirmer, Inc. as part of the New American Voices series, and recorded by The Corigliano Quartet for their Naxos debut CD.〔No. 2 was performed with choreography by Brian Reeder at Columbia University's Miller Theatre. Selections from both quartets were performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a festival honoring John Corigliano's 70th birthday.〕 Friedman also composed two pieces for a concert at the Miller Theater in February 2009: a solo piano piece written for Simone Dinnerstein, and a set of songs for rock singer and chamber ensemble, performed by Craig Wedren. With the exception of String Quartet No. 2, his catalog is self-published by Montana 59 Music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jefferson Friedman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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