Christopher Trapani

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Christopher Trapani
Born1980
New Orleans, LA[1]​
Occupationcomposer, guitarist[2]​
Years activesince 1996[citation needed]
Known forcontemporary classical music
Websitechristophertrapani.com

Christopher Trapani is an American/Italian composer of contemporary classical music. In 2007 he won the Gaudeamus Award of the Dutch Gaudeamus Foundation. A CD of his music, Waterlines, was released in 2018.[3]​ A second release of Waterlines by the was named one of the top 5 classical releases of 2020 by De Standaard.[4]​

Reception[]

In 2007 Trapani won the Gaudeamus Award for young contemporary composers[5]​ for his composition Sparrow Episodes, for ensemble with solo electric guitar, which was performed in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam by the Asko Ensemble under , with Trapani on guitar.[6]​ In September 2008, his commissioned piece Üsküdar was performed in the same hall by the Nieuw Ensemble.[7]​

His composition Rust and Stardust was performed during the in Glasgow in 2015; the Guardian reviewer found it "accomplished and dreary,"[8]​ while The Scotsman spoke of "kaleidoscopic explosions that ... gave structure and shape to its insistently concise material".[9]​

Also in 2015, Trapani was among the recipients of a Charles Ives Scholarship for promising students from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[10]​ and received a commission from Chamber Music America.[11]​ In 2016 he was among the winners of a Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome, receiving the Luciano Berio award for his work Recording Islands, Transcribing Mosaics.[12]​

In 2018 the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress commissioned him to write a work for the Spektral Quartet.[13]​ In 2019 he received both a Guggenheim Fellowship[14]​ and a commission from the Fromm Music Foundation of Harvard University.[15]​ In 2020, Trapani was awarded the Barlow Prize.[16]​

References[]

  1. ^ Christopher Trapani Columbia Music Department: Alumni. Accessed August 2018.
  2. ^ Anthony Tommasini (5 December 2010). On the Express Train to Hell and Other Sonic Journeys. The New York Times. Accessed August 2018.
  3. ^ New Focus Recordings website Accessed 8 November 2019.
  4. ^ De Standaard Accessed 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ Christopher Trapani Wins Gaudeamus Prize, First American in Over 30 Years New Music Box, NewMusicUSA, 12 September 2007.
  6. ^ Christopher Trapani Wins Gaudeamus Prize 2007. Gaudeamus Foundation. Archived 13 November 2007.
  7. ^ Programma Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2008 (in Dutch). Muziek Centrum Nederland. Archived 13 September 2008.
  8. ^ Kate Molleson (4 May 2015). Tectonics review – classical meets abstract sound-art in fruitful festival collision. The Guardian. Accessed August 2018.
  9. ^ Kenneth Walton (4 May 2015). Classical Review: Tectonics Glasgow. The Scotsman. Accessed August 2018.
  10. ^ 2015 Music Awards Winners. American Academy of Arts and Letters. Accessed August 2018.
  11. ^ "Chamber Music America 2015 commissions".
  12. ^ American Academy in Rome Announces 2016–2017 Rome Prize Winners & Italian Fellows. American Academy in Rome. Accessed August 2018.
  13. ^ Library's Koussevitzky Foundation Announces 2018 Commission Winners. Accessed October 2018.
  14. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowships Awards In The United States And Canada Accessed 10 April 2019.
  15. ^ Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University Accessed 8 November 2019.
  16. ^ Barlow Foundation website Accessed 10 December 2020.

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