BIOGRAPHY
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The music of
composer Paul Moravec, recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Tempest
Fantasy, has been described as “openly and ebulliently attractive,
flowing with an effortless lyric pulse” (Fanfare), “assur-ed,
virtuosic” (Wall Street Journal), and “resourceful butidiomatic...richly melodic (Commentary
Magazine). As the composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, and lyric
compositions, as well as several film scores an electro-acoustic pieces,
Moravec has been soughtout by leading performing artists and ensembles. Recent world premieres including The
Time Gallery with eighth blackbird at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Montserrat:
Cello Concerto with the Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola (NYC); Cool Fire and Chamber Symphony
for the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival; Capital Unknowns for the
Albany Symphony Everyone Sang for Troy Cook and the Marilyn Horne
Foundation; Salute for soprano Amy Burton and Steven Blier of the New
York Festival of Song, Vita Brevis a song cycle for tenor Paul Sperry;
Spirit a cantata commissioned for the 75th anniversary of the flight
of the Spirit of St. Louis; No Words, commissioned by Concert
Artist Guild for pianist James Lent and the Gay Gotham Chorus; and two works
for the Elements String Quartet. |
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