Mel Powell Born: 12 February 1923 , New York City (USA)Died: 24 April 1998 , Los Angeles (USA)
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Pulitzer Prize winnier in 1990 for "Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos". Worked for a period of time in 12 tone, later giving it up for free atonalty and using pitch tableus. His music is characterized by delicate gestures in an aperiodic matrix. His honors include commisions from the Koussevitzky Foundation, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant, and a Guggenhein Fellowship among many others.
Biography
Known early on as a Jazz pianist in the Benny Goodman Band and Glenn Miller’s Army Air Corp Band. Composed and arranged for both Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. Powell taught composition at Mannes and Queens College in NY. In 1957 he returned to Yale to suceed his teacher, Hindemith , as chair of Composition. In 1969 he moved to So Cal to start the music school at Cal Arts.
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Upcoming concerts: [→ more ] – Sat 17 May:
2nd Symphony Lobgesang Alcobaça, Portugal – Sat 17 May:
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El Nino Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, USA – Sun 18 May:
2nd Symphony Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal – Sun 18 May:
Second Symphony: Lobgesang Aual Magna, Lisbon, Portugal – Sun 18 May:
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Vincent Ghadimi : Premiere of the opera " Decamero lala" for Orchestra and children choir, in the "Palais des Beaux-Arts", Brussels, Belgium, conducted by the composer. (Songs with piano version edited by lantromusic, including a book with pictures for children).
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John Cage : Premiere of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, in New York, USA.
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Igor Stravinsky : Premiere of Pulcinella, in Paris, France.
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Claude Debussy : Premiere of Jeux, in Paris, France.
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