His music has been performed and broadcast by major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and festivals throughout North and South America, Europe and Japan.
Tsontakis was honored with the "Academy Award" in 1995 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was the fourth recipient of the coveted Ives Living Fellowship, in 2007. Pianist Stephen Hough's recording of Tsontakis's "Ghost Variations" on Hyperion Records was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition,[1] and was the only classical recording among Time magazine's 1998 Top Ten Recordings. Tsontakis received the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin in 2002, and the University of LouisvilleGrawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Violin Concerto No. 2 in 2005.[2][3][4][5]
A proficient conductor of orchestral and choral music, Tsontakis has been a composer-in-residence with the Aspen Music Festival and conductor and the founding director of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music School, where he teaches composition. He was an assistant professor at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, and has served on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College. He is Distinguished Faculty, Composer-in-Residence of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.[6] He was a Weil fellow at Auburn University Montgomery.
Tsontakis's music has been recorded by KOCH International, New World, and Opus One, and is published by Merion Music and Poco Forte Music.[citation needed]
In 2008, his Violin Concerto No. 2, recorded by violinist Steven Copes and the SPCO, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition, but lost to John Corigliano'sMr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan. He served as composer-in-residence with the Albany Symphony (2007–2012) as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (2009–10).[citation needed]
Referencesedit
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^"Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award". 12 December 2006.
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External linksedit
George Tsontakis' page at Theodore Presser Company
December 15, 2023
george, tsontakis, born, astoria, queens, york, city, october, 1951, american, composer, conductor, bornoctober, 1951astoria, queens, york, citynationalityamericanoccupation, composer, conductor, contents, early, life, education, career, references, external, . George Tsontakis born Astoria Queens New York City October 24 1951 is an American composer and conductor George TsontakisBornOctober 24 1951Astoria Queens New York CityNationalityAmericanOccupation s Composer conductor Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and education editHe was born in New York City and is of Greek descent Tsontakis studied composition with Hugo Weisgall and Roger Sessions at the Juilliard School from 1974 to 1978 and later with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome Career editHis music has been performed and broadcast by major orchestras chamber ensembles and festivals throughout North and South America Europe and Japan Tsontakis was honored with the Academy Award in 1995 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was the fourth recipient of the coveted Ives Living Fellowship in 2007 Pianist Stephen Hough s recording of Tsontakis s Ghost Variations on Hyperion Records was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition 1 and was the only classical recording among Time magazine s 1998 Top Ten Recordings Tsontakis received the Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin in 2002 and the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Violin Concerto No 2 in 2005 2 3 4 5 A proficient conductor of orchestral and choral music Tsontakis has been a composer in residence with the Aspen Music Festival and conductor and the founding director of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music School where he teaches composition He was an assistant professor at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music and has served on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College He is Distinguished Faculty Composer in Residence of the Bard College Conservatory of Music in Annandale on Hudson New York 6 He was a Weil fellow at Auburn University Montgomery Tsontakis s music has been recorded by KOCH International New World and Opus One and is published by Merion Music and Poco Forte Music citation needed In 2008 his Violin Concerto No 2 recorded by violinist Steven Copes and the SPCO was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition but lost to John Corigliano s Mr Tambourine Man Seven Poems of Bob Dylan He served as composer in residence with the Albany Symphony 2007 2012 as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2009 10 citation needed References edit Archived copy Archived from the original on 2008 12 05 Retrieved 2009 01 30 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Composer Jose Enrique Gonzalez Medina on Writing Music Musicians Love Table Talk 7 March 2020 George Tsontakis 18 May 2006 Yaddo Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award Archived from the original on 2007 01 11 Retrieved 2010 09 26 Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award 12 December 2006 George Tsontakis www bard edu Archived from the original on 2006 09 01 External links editGeorge Tsontakis page at Theodore Presser Company Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Tsontakis amp oldid 1109595232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
