Steven Gellman (composer)

Steven Gellman (born September 16, 1947 in Toronto ) is a Canadian composer , pianist and music teacher.

Gellman began composing at the age of nine. From 1958 he received piano and composition lessons from Samuel Dolin at the Royal Conservatory of Music . In 1964, at the opening of the University of Toronto's Edward Johnson Building, he played his own piano concerto with the CBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Boyd Neel . From 1965 to 1968 he studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Luciano Berio , Vincent Persichetti and Roger Sessions and attended summer courses with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen Music Festival and School , from 1973 to 1976 he was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris .

Gellman has been teaching at the University of Ottawa since 1976 , where u. a. Roddy Ellias , Colin Mack and Denis Schingh studied with him. In 1964 he was the first Canadian composer to receive the International BMI Award for his piano concerto . In 1970 Mythos was awarded the UNESCO prize for the best work by a composer under the age of 25. In the 1970s a. a. Commissioned compositions for pianist Angela Hewitt and the Canadian Brass Ensemble ; In 1978 he composed Deux Tapisseries for the Festival de Besançon for the 70th birthday of Olivier Messiaen on behalf of the French government .

Gellman composed Awakening (1983) and Universe Symphony (1986) for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . He composed the keyboard triptych for Jon Kimura Parker . The Canticles of St Francis was commissioned by the National Arts Center Orchestra and the Cantata Singers of Ottawa in 1989 for the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Red Cross . His Sonata for Cello and Piano was premiered in 1994 by Desmond Hoebig and Andrew Tunis , and in 2003 the Musica Camerata gave the world premiere of his piano quartet.

Works

• Love's Garden for chamber ensemble, 2010
• Musings for piano trio, 2009
• Antarctica , music for video, 2007
• Petite Suite for flute and guitar, 2006
• Madrigal ("My Soul Spoke to Me") for a cappella choir, 2004
• Concerto for Viola and Orchestra , 2003-04
• Quartet for Piano and Strings , 2002-03
• Fanfare for the New Millennium for wind instruments and percussion, 1999
• Gianni , Opera, 1995-1998
• Jaya , Overture for Orchestra, 1995
• Sonata for Cello and Piano , 1994
• Album for Piano: Intermediate level piano pieces , 1993-1994
• Child-play , suite based on children's pieces for chamber orchestra, 1992
• Musica Eterna for string quartet, 1991
• Gloria for choir, three trumpets and piano, 1991
• Red Shoes for mixed ensemble, 1990
• Burnt Offerings for string orchestra, 1989–1990
• Canticles of St. Francis for choir and orchestra, 1989
• Concerto for Piano and Orchestra , 1988
• Concertino for Guitar and String Quartet , 1988
• Chiaroscuro for mixed septet, 1987–1988
• Love's Garden, Symphony of Songs for soprano and orchestra, 1987
• Keyboard triptych for piano / synthesizer, 1986
• Universe Symphony for large orchestra and synthesizer, 1984-86 ”
• The Bride's Reception: Mystic Symphonic Poem , 1984
• Awakening , Prelude for Orchestra, 1983
• Fantasia on a Theme by Schumann for piano, 1983
• Trikaya for violin, clarinet, piano and percussion, 1981
• Transformation for flute and piano, 1981
• Dialogue for flute and piano, 1980
• Deux Tapisseries for orchestra, 1978–1980
• Wind Music for wind quintet, 1978
• Psalm 121 for soprano, flute and piano, 1977–1979
• Poeme , The Warrior , Waves and Ripples for piano, 1977
• Animus-Anima for orchestra, 1976
• Sonate pour Sept , 1975
• Veils for piano, 1974
• CHORI for large orchestra, 1973
• Sonata # 2 for piano, 1973
• Psalms for voice and piano, 1973
• Pieces of Dana for piano solo and piano duo, 1973
• Symphony II for orchestra, 1972
• Odyssey for rock band and orchestra, 1971
• Symphony in Two Movements
• Mythos for flute and string quartet, 1968
• Quartets: Poems of GM Hopkins for soprano, flute, cello and harp, 1967
• Fantasy for piano, 1967
• Andante for strings, 1964

Web links

• Steven Gellman's homepage
• Steven Gellman ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia .