Steven Stucky
Steven Edward Stucky (born November 7, 1949 in Hutchinson , Kansas , † February 14, 2016 in Ithaca , New York ) was an American composer and university professor. In 2005 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize of Music .
life and work
Steven Stucky studied first with Richard Willis at Baylor University , then until his degree in 1978 as a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) at Cornell University , where he was tutored by Robert Palmer , Burrill Phillips and Karel Husa . In 2005 Steven Stucky received the Pulitzer Prize of Music for his Second Concerto for Orchestra, which was premiered in 2004 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic , after having been one of the two finalists of this competition with the First Concerto for Orchestra in 1989 . His numerous other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Stucky taught from 1980 to 2014 at Cornell University, whose Music Department he also headed from 1992 to 1997. There were also visiting professorships in composition at the Eastman School of Music and Temple University and the Ernest Bloch professorship at the University of California, Berkeley . Since 2014 he has taught at the Juilliard School of Music . In addition, from 1988 onwards, Stucky was composer-in-residence with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 20 years.
Stucky, who also worked as a conductor and author - for example he published the book Lutosławski and His Music (1981) - was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Steven Stucky's extensive catalog of works ranges from large orchestral works and oratorios (including August 4, 1964 , written in 2007/08) to a cappella miniatures for choir, piano pieces and chamber music of various groups. In 2014, Stucky's only opera, The Classical Style, premiered with a libretto by Jeremy Denk based on Charles Rosen .
literature
- The New Grove, 2nd Edition (contribution by James P. Cassaro)
Web links
- Website by Steven Stucky (English)
- Literature by and about Steven Stucky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information from the publisher Theodore Presser Company (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norman Lebrecht: A major American composer has died, at 66. Retrieved on February 15, 2016 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stucky, Steven |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stucky, Steven Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hutchinson , Kansas , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2016 |
| Place of death | Ithaca , New York , United States |