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Richard Danielpour has established himself as one of the most gifted and sought-after composers of his generation. His is music of large and romantic gestures, brilliantly orchestrated and rhythmically vibrant. Among Danielpour's awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation Grant, the Bearns Prize (from Columbia University), The Charles Ives Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award (both from the American Academy of Arts and Letters), two Barlow Foundation grants, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the American Academy in Rome. He has been awarded the Alberto Vilar Fellowship and Residency at the Berlin Academy in Germany for the period September 2002 through December 2002. Danielpour recently completed a three-year composer residency with the Pacific Symphony. Born in New York City on 28 January 1956, Danielpour studied at the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School with Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin. Danielpour also trained as a pianist with Lorin Hollander, Veronica Jochum, and Gabriel Chodos. He is a member of the composition faculty at the Curtis Institute and the Manhattan School of Music. Additional information on Richard Danielpour can be found at http://www.schirmer.com/composers/danielpour_bio.html

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra	Orchestra		00:27:00
String Quartet, "Requiem"	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:33:00
Voice of the City	Band		00:15:00
Music for a Jubilee	Band		00:07:00
Piano Concerto	Orchestra		00:06:00
Triptych	Orchestra	2006	00:15:00
Pastime	Orchestra	2006	00:22:00
Washington Speaks	Orchestra	2005	00:07:00
Adagietto for String Orchestra	Orchestra	2005	00:10:00
Margaret Garner	Opera/Theater	2005	00:00:00
Songs of Solitude	Orchestra	2004	00:30:00
String Quartet No. 5 (In Search of “La Vita Nuova”)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:22:00
Three Preludes	Keyboard	2003	00:09:00
Elegy	Keyboard	2003	00:04:00
Apparitions	Orchestra	2003	00:28:00
Piano Concerto No. 3 (“Zodiac Variations”)	Orchestra	2002	00:24:00
Portraits	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2001	00:17:00
Through the Ancient Valley (Cello Concerto No. 2)	Orchestra	2001	00:29:00
In the Arms of the Beloved (Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra)	Orchestra	2001	00:28:00
Child’s Reliquary (Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:27:00
As Night Falls on Barjeantane	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:10:00
An American Requiem	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2000	01:00:00	An American Requiem
Nocturne	Orchestra	2000	00:02:30
String Quartet No. 4, "Apparitions"	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2000	00:28:00
Night Rainbow	Orchestra	1999	00:18:00
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: “A Fool’s Paradise”	Orchestra	1999	00:30:00
Feast of Fools - Concertino for Bassoon and String Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:16:00
Spirits in the Well	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:16:00
Voices of Remembrance: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra	Orchestra	1998	00:24:00
Vox Populi	Orchestra	1998	00:06:00
Vox Populi (for concert band)	Band	1998	00:06:00
Sweet Talk	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1997	00:23:00
Fantasy Variations	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:05:00
Elegies	Orchestra	1997	00:33:00
Celestial Night	Orchestra	1997	00:20:00
Concerto for Orchestra “Zoroastrian Riddles”	Orchestra	1996	00:30:00
I Am Not Prey	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1996	00:06:00
Urban Dances: Dance Suite In Five Movements	Orchestra	1996	00:27:00
Canticle of Peace	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:19:00
Anima Mundi	Orchestra	1995	00:30:00
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra	Orchestra	1994	00:31:00
String Quartet No. 3, “Psalms of Sorrow”	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:21:00
Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:25:00
Piano Concerto No. 2	Orchestra	1993	00:31:00
Songs of the Night	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1993	00:25:00
Urban Dances, Book II	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:22:00
Toward the Splendid City	Orchestra	1992	00:09:00
Enchanted Garden (Preludes for Piano, Book I)	Keyboard	1992	00:22:00
Mardi gras: from The Enchanted Garden	Keyboard	1992	00:00:00
Piano Sonata	Keyboard	1992	00:14:00
String Quartet No. 2, "Shadow Dances"	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:22:00
Sonnets to Orpheus	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:28:00
Sonnets to Orpheus, Book 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:32:00
Song of Remembrance	Orchestra	1991	00:18:00
Symphony No. 3, “Journey Without Distance”	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1990	00:30:00
Awakened Heart, The: A Symphonic Triptych	Orchestra	1990	00:25:00
Metamorphosis (Piano Concerto No. 1)	Orchestra	1990	00:28:00
First Light	Orchestra	1988	00:13:00
First Light	Orchestra	1988	00:13:00	First Light
First Light: Concerto	Orchestra	1988	00:13:00
Urban Dances	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:17:00
Quintet for Piano and Strings	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:28:00
Symphony No. 2, "Visions"	Orchestra	1986	00:26:00
Psalms	Keyboard	1985	00:15:00
Symphony No. 1, “Dona Nobis Pacem”	Orchestra	1984	00:37:00

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