Richard Einhorn
Nationality: American
Born: b. 1952
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Richard Einhorn's unique music has been described as "hauntingly beautiful", "sensational", and "overwhelming in its emotional power". He is one of a small handful of composers who not only reaches a large, world-wide audience, but whose music receives widespread critical praise for its integrity, emotional depth, and craft.
Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, described as an "opera with silent film" has been hailed as "a great masterpiece of contemporary music" and "a work of meticulous genius." The piece has been performed over 200 times, selling out such venues as the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival; Avery Fisher Hall; Kennedy Center (with the National Symphony); the Esplanade in Singapore; the Barbican (with the London Symphony); and the Sydney Opera House in Australia. The Sony Classical CD of Voices of Light, featuring the vocal group Anonymous 4, was a Billboard classical bestseller, earning Einhorn the distinction of being one of only a few living composers to have made "the charts." Voices of Light has attracted national media attention including articles in the Wall Street Journal, segments on All Things Considered and Performance Today, and an extended profile on CBS television network's magazine show, CBS Sunday Morning. Marin Alsop conducted Voices of Light four additional times with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2012.
Einhorn has written opera, orchestral and chamber music, song cycles, multimedia events, film music, and dance scores. The wildly popular Red Angels for New York City Ballet, with choreography by Ulysses Dove, was featured on Live From Lincoln Center on PBS and is in the New York City Ballet's permanent repertory. In 2012, The Shooting Gallery, a multimedia collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. In 2010, Einhorn's 90-minute oratorio about Charles Darwin, The Origin (original films by Bill Morrison), was broadcast in its entirety by WCNY-TV in Syracuse, NY, and received its European premiere in early 2012. Other notable works include The Spires, The City, The Field, a 9/11 memorial premiered by the Albany Symphony under David Allan Miller; A Carnival of Miracles, commissioned by Anonymous 4 and premiered to a sold-out crowd at New Sounds Live; and My Many Colored Days, an orchestral commission from the Minnesota Orchestra. Upcoming new works include a chamber opera based on Bernard Malamud's The German Refugee, and a new multimedia work for orchestra and film. Richard Einhorn's extensive film music catalog includes scores for the Academy Award-winning documentary short Educating Peter (HBO); Arthur Penn's thriller Dead of Winter (MGM), starring Mary Steenburgen; and Fire-Eater directed by Pirjo Honkasalo, for which Einhorn won the Jussi (Finnish Academy Award) for Best Musical Score.
Born in 1952, Richard Einhorn graduated summa cum laude in music from Columbia University, where he studied with, among others, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Jack Beeson, and Mario Davidovsky. Before turning his attention exclusively to composition, Einhorn worked as a record producer for such artists as Meredith Monk, the New York Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. His production of the Bach Cello Suites with Yo-Yo Ma won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Performance.
Einhorn has received numerous awards and grants from Meet the Composer, NYSCA, NEA, the New York State Music Fund, and many others. He is a well-known advocate for persons with serious hearing losses. He lives in New York with his daughter Miranda and wife Amy Singer.
Born: b. 1952
Education/Training:
graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University, and studied electronic music with Jack Beeson, Vladimir Ussachevsky and Mario Davidovsky
Notable Compositions:
The Origin, an opera/oratorio based on the life of Charles Darwin, the ballet Red Angels, A Carnival of Miracles, multiple film soundtracks, including Fire Eater and The Prowler
Assignments:
before turning to composition only, worked as a record producer for such artists as Meredith Monk and The New York Philharmonic
Curious Facts:
after losing the majority of his hearing overnight, he has become a firm advocate for hearing loops, which is a device that allows those with hearing aids to hear amplified voices or music quite clearly in places such as theaters, concert halls and places with PA announcements
Notable Recordings:
Voices of Light with Anonymous 4 and the Netherland Radio Choir and Philharmonic (Sony Classical), which was a Billboard classical bestseller
Press:
his music has been described as "hauntingly beautiful," "sensational," and "overwhelming in its emotional power"
Bio:
Richard Einhorn's unique music has been described as "hauntingly beautiful", "sensational", and "overwhelming in its emotional power". He is one of a small handful of composers who not only reaches a large, world-wide audience, but whose music receives widespread critical praise for its integrity, emotional depth, and craft.
REPERTOIRE: Voices of Light/The Passion of Joan of Arc
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: I. Prelude
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: II. Victory at Orléans (Letter from Joan of Arc)
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: III. Interrogation
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: IV. The Jailers
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: V. Peter Noster
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: VI. The Jailers Return
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: VII. Torture
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: VIII. Illness (Letter from Joan of Arc)
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: IX. Sacrament
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: X. Abjuration
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: XI. Relapse
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: XII. Anima
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: XIII. The Final Walk
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: XIV. The Burning
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: XV. The Fire of the Dove
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
REPERTOIRE: XVI. Epilogue (Letter from Joan of Arc)
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| Voices of Light | Oct 19, 2014 |
