Background
Richard Dufallo was born on January 30, 1933, in Whiting, Indiana, United States. He was a son of John William Dufallo and Olga (Lesak) Dufallo. Richard had a sister, Kathryn Traczyk.
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
In 1956, Richard got a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Two years later, in 1958, Dufallo attained a Master of Arts degree from the same university.
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
In 1956, Richard got a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Two years later, in 1958, Dufallo attained a Master of Arts degree from the same university.
(This work represents compelling self-portraits of nearly ...)
This work represents compelling self-portraits of nearly every leading composer of our time, casting new light on familiar figures (Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, John Cage), deepening our understanding of recent celebrities (David del Tredici, Aribert Reimann) and giving us direct, personal insights into such towering figures, as Elliott Carter and Michael Tippett, widely respected, but hitherto not embraced by the general public. Here are both detailed accounts of many of the cornerstones of the modern repertoire and a uniquely direct statement of the composers' human concerns.
https://www.amazon.com/TRACKINGS-Composers-Speak-Richard-Dufallo/dp/019505816X
1989
conductor educator author clarinetist
Richard Dufallo was born on January 30, 1933, in Whiting, Indiana, United States. He was a son of John William Dufallo and Olga (Lesak) Dufallo. Richard had a sister, Kathryn Traczyk.
In 1950, Richard entered the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, where he studied clarinet, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1953. Later, in 1956, he got a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Two years later, in 1958, Dufallo attained a Master of Arts degree from the same university. Lukas Foss, a composer and conductor, was one of Richard's mentors at the University of California. Foss would later invite Dufallo to become the clarinetist in his Improvisation Chamber Ensemble.
In addition, Dufallo studied under William Steinberg, a conductor, in New York City, as well as under Pierre Boulez, a composer and conductor, in Basel, Switzerland.
During the period from 1953 till 1955, Richard served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy. Later, Dufallo served as a music lecturer at several institutions, including the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1959 till 1962, and the State University of New York at Buffalo between 1963 and 1967. During the period from 1964 till 1967, he acted as a conductor at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Between 1961 and 1963, Richard served as a festival coordinator at Ojai Music Festival in California. From 1962 till 1967, he held a post of an associate conductor at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1965, Richard began working closely with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. With a goal of obtaining the acceptance of American compositions abroad, Dufallo conducted his first European performance in 1970 with the Orchestre Telephonique in Paris.
In 1970, Richard was hired as the artistic director and conductor at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado and continued to hold these positions until 1985. Between 1972 and 1979, he acted as the music director and conductor at the Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, in New York City. In addition, during a short period of time, namely from 1973 till 1974, Richard worked as an assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic.
During his career, Dufallo also served as an artistic advisor to different orchestras, including Het Gelders Orkest from 1980 till 1981 in Arnhem, Netherlands. Moreover, between 1984 and 1985, he worked as the acting director at Aspen Institute Italia in Rome. Dufallo also worked as an international guest conductor for the Orchestre National de ORTF de Paris, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and others.
Dufallo's book "Trackings: Composers Speak with Richard Duffalo", which contains interviews with twenty-six composers, was published in 1989. His last project was a contribution to a 26-part series for Dutch television, called "Of Beauty and Consolation".
Richard Dufallo was a prominent conductor and clarinetist, who was mostly known for his interpretations of contemporary music. Dufallo had a broad repertory, that included many standard works, from Mozart and Mahler symphonies to Puccini operas. But his uncanny ability to learn difficult scores quickly and thoroughly and to convey their essence, dramatic and emotional, as well as structural, made him an important figure in the contemporary music world. In general, Richard conducted more than 70 major orchestras and festivals in North America, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal and Yugoslavia.
Richard gave the American, European or world premieres of dozens of important works, among them scores by Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Jacob Druckman, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Krzysztof Penderecki, George Crumb and Aribert Reimann. It's also worth noting, that Dufallo was instrumental in getting American works accepted in Europe.
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1989Physical Characteristics: Richard suffered from stomach cancer.
Richard married Zaidee Parkinson, a pianist, on October 15, 1966. Their marriage produced two children - Basil, an educator, and Cornelius, a violinist and composer. In 1985, Zaidee and Richard divorced. On June 19, 1988, Richard married Pamela Mia Paul, a concert pianist.
Also, Dufallo had a daughter - Rene Kirby.
Pamela Mia Paul is a concert pianist, Steinway Artist and Regents Professor at the University of North Texas College of Music.
