Augusta Read Thomas's music is characterized by constant motion, playfulness, subtlety, and a dancing quality, as if perpetually emerging from a 'magician's hat'.
Composer Biography
Augusta Read Thomas, a Grammy winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is recognized as one of the most important American composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Composition History
During her residency with the Chicago Symphony, Augusta Read Thomas premiered nine commissioned orchestral works and established the thriving MusicNOW series.
Composer Biography
Augusta Read Thomas is the 16th ever University Professor at the University of Chicago, where she founded and directs the Center for Contemporary Composition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Augusta Read Thomas's music is described as having 'unbridled passion and fierce poetry,' celebrating the sound of instruments and reaffirming orchestral music's vitality.
Composer Biography
Augusta Read Thomas was the longest-serving Mead Composer-in-Residence for Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez with the Chicago Symphony from 1997 to 2006.
You might also enjoy...
Without Borders
Harp's Desire: Harp Music of David S. Lefkowitz
The Four Reasons
When Breath Becomes Sound
Gimel
The Consent of Sound and Meaning: Music of Eric Richards
