John Corigliano (Composer)

Born: 16th February 1938, New York, U.S.A

Nationality: American

John Paul Corigliano is an American composer of classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and an Oscar. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and on the composition faculty at the Juilliard School.

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Interview, John Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles

27th April 2016

Katherine talks to the American composer about his 'grand opera buffa', which has just been released on CD for the first time by Pentatone.

Recording of the Week, Joshua Bell

17th September 2007

Following his recent performance at the Last night of the Proms, the American violinist gives the world premiere recording of John Corigliano’s ‘Red Violin’ Concerto, composed for the 1998 film of the same name.