GRAMMY®-nominated composer Christopher Theofanidis’s compositions have been performed by leading orchestras around the world, with Rainbow Body being the most performed new orchestral work of the new millennium. Currently on the faculty of the Yale School of Music, he is the recipient of the International Masterprize, the Rome Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Fulbright, Tanglewood, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Repertoire
Christopher Theofanidis: O Vis Aeternitatis
Christopher Theofanidis: Flow, My Tears
Jacob Druckman: Come Round
Christopher Theofanidis: If Falling is a Leaf
Artists
GRAMMY®-nominated composer Christopher Theofanidis’s compositions have been performed by leading orchestras around the world, with Rainbow Body being the most performed new orchestral work of the new millennium. Currently on the faculty of the Yale School of Music, he is the recipient of the International Masterprize, the Rome Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Fulbright, Tanglewood, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Recognized for his dynamic presence, insightful interpretations, versatility, and commanding technique, Taiwanese-American conductor Jerry Hou is making his mark in concert halls and opera houses in the United States and abroad. He has conducted the Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Teatro Colon, Rochester Philharmonic, and San Antonio Symphony, amongst others.
Last summer, Hou lead to much acclaim the opening concerts of the Grand Teton Music Festival, in a program of Copland, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto with renowned soloist Daniil Trifonov. For three summers, he served as Associate Conductor of the Grand Teton Music Festival. Known for his flexibility in many styles and genres, he has conducted a broad range of repertoire from classical to contemporary, leading projects in a variety of settings including orchestra, opera, theater, multimedia, and mixed ensemble. This past spring, Hou led performances of a new collaboration between composer Steve Reich and artist Gerhart Richter to commemorate the opening of New York City’s new performing arts space and center for artistic invention, The Shed.
