George Tsontakis
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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He was born in New York City, and is of Greek descent. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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His music has been performed and broadcast by major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and festivals throughout North and South America, Europe and Japan. |
His music has been performed and broadcast by major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and festivals throughout North and South America, Europe, and Japan. |
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Tsontakis was honored with the "Academy Award" in 1995 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was the fourth recipient of the |
Tsontakis was honored with the "Academy Award" in 1995 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was the fourth recipient of the 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-01-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000239/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/51st_Show/list.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-05 }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.laco.org/composer/365|title = Composer José Enrique González Medina on Writing Music Musicians Love | Table Talk|date = 7 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/tsontakis|title = George Tsontakis|date = 18 May 2006}}{{cite web |url=http://www.yaddo.org/yaddo/GeorgeTsontakis2.shtml |title=Yaddo Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award |accessdate=2010-09-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111102220/http://www.yaddo.org/yaddo/GeorgeTsontakis2.shtml |archivedate=2007-01-11 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/533986|title=Composer George Tsontakis Wins Prestigious Charles Ives Award|date=12 December 2006}} |
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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 Festival and School|Aspen Music School]], where he teaches composition. |
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 Festival and School|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/faculty.php?action=details&id=1615 |title=George Tsontakis |website=www.bard.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901095121/http://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/faculty.php?action=details&id=1615 |archive-date=2006-09-01}} He was a Weil fellow at [[Auburn University Montgomery]]. |
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Tsontakis's music has been recorded by Hyperion, Koch, Innova, and Naxos.{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=George Tsontakis at Bard College |url=https://music.bard.edu/faculty/george-tsontakis/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=music.bard.edu |language=en}} |
Tsontakis's music has been recorded by Hyperion, Koch, Innova, and Naxos.{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=George Tsontakis at Bard College |url=https://music.bard.edu/faculty/george-tsontakis/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=music.bard.edu |language=en}} |
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| ⚫ | 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|John Corigliano's]] ''Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan''. He is Distinguished Composer-in-Residence at the Bard College Conservatory.{{Cite web |title=Recordings by George Tsontakis {{!}} Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos |url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/George_Tsontakis/106096 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.naxos.com}} |
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In 2008, his Violin Concerto No. 2, recorded by violinist Steven Copes and the SPCO, |
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| ⚫ | was nominated for a [[Grammy]] in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition, but lost to [[John Corigliano|John Corigliano's]] ''Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan''. He is Distinguished Composer-in-Residence at the Bard College Conservatory.{{Cite web |title=Recordings by George Tsontakis {{!}} Now available to stream and purchase at Naxos |url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/George_Tsontakis/106096 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.naxos.com}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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