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University of Houston.
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Christopher Theofanidis
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Career
He participated in the Young American Composer-in-Residence Program with Barry Jekowsky and the California Symphony from 1994 to 1996 and, more recently, served as Composer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony during their 2006–2007 Season, for which he wrote a violin concerto for Sarah Chang. In 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy for best composition for his chorus and orchestra work, The Here and Now, based on the poetry of Rumi. Theofanidis" has recently written a ballet for the American Ballet Theatre, a work for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as part of their "New Brandenburg" series, and he currently has two opera commissions for the San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera companies.
He has a long-standing relationship with the Atlanta Symphony, and has just had his first symphony premiered and recorded with that orchestra.
He currently teaches at the Yale School of Music.
Achievements
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2007 Grammy nomination for The Here and Now 2003 Masterprize for Rainbow Body 1999 Rome Prize 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship 1996 Barlow Prize six American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Morton Gould Prizes Fulbright Fellowship to France Tanglewood Fellowship Charles Ives Fellowship, by The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Membership
He has served as a delegate to the United States.-Japan Foundation"s Leadership Program and is a former faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School.
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Nationality
United States
Education
Awards
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Guggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize 2007 Grammy nomination for The Here and Now 2003 Masterprize for Rainbow Body 1999 Rome Prize 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship 1996 Barlow Prize six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes Fulbright Fellowship to France Tanglewood Fellowship Charles Ives Fellowship, by The American Academy of Arts and LettersGuggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize 2007 Grammy nomination for The Here and Now 2003 Masterprize for Rainbow Body 1999 Rome Prize 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship 1996 Barlow Prize six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes Fulbright Fellowship to France Tanglewood Fellowship Charles Ives Fellowship, by The American Academy of Arts and Letters