John Corigliano
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About
Award-winning classical-music composer whose teaching career influenced and mentored many future greats.
Before Fame
He was assistant to the producer for the Leonard Bernstein Young People's Concerts and worked for André Watts and other classical artists as a session producer.
Trivia
He won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Original Score for "The Red Violin," the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Symphony No. 2, and the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition for "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan" in 2009.
Family Life
His father was a concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 23 years.
Associated With
He taught many future composers and musicians, including Academy Award winner Elliot Goldenthal and Grammy Award winner Eric Whitacre.
