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Composers BureauRobert Xavier RodriguezBiography Robert Xavier Rodriguez is one of the most significant and often-performed American composers of his generation. His music has been described as "Romantically dramatic" (Washington Post), "richly lyrical" (Musical America) and "glowing with a physical animation and delicate balance of moods that combine seductively with his allencompassing sense of humor" (Los Angeles Times). "It's originality lies in the telling personality it reveals. His music always speaks, and speaks in the composer's personal language." (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters). Rodriguez has written in all genres - opera, orchestral, concerto, ballet, vocal, choral, chamber, solo and music for the theater - but he has been drawn most strongly in recent years to works for the stage, including music for children. Rodriguez received his early musical education in San Antonio (b. 1946) and in Austin (UT), Los Angeles (USC), Lenox (Tanglewood), Fontainebleau (Conservatoire Americain) and Paris. His teachers have included Nadia Boulanger, Jacob Druckman, Bruno Maderna and Elliott Carter. Rodriguez first gained international recognition in 1971 when he was awarded the Prix de Composition Musicale Prince Pierre de Monaco by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace at the Palais Princier in Monte Carlo. Other honors include the Prix Lili Boulanger, a Guggenheim Fellowship, awards from ASCAP and the Rockefeller Foundation, five NEA grants, the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a 1999 Grammy nomination. Rodriguez has served as Composer-in-Residence with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, The Dallas Symphony, Bennington College, Bowdoin College and The American Dance Festival. He is currently a professor at The University of Texas at Dallas, Composer-in-Residence with the San Antonio Symphony and active as a guest lecturer and conductor. Rodriguez' music has been performed by conductors such as Eduardo Mata, Sir Neville Marriner, Antal Dorati, James DePriest, Sir Raymond Leppard, and Leonard Slatkin. His work has received over 2000 professional orchestral and operatic performances in recent seasons by such organizations as The National Opera of Mexico, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Michigan Opera Theatre, Orlando Opera, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic, Toronto Radio Orchestra, The Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Knoxville, Milwaukee and Chicago Symphonies, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. Rodriguez' chamber works have been performed in London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, The Hague and other musical centers. His music is published by G. Schirmer and is recorded on the Newport, Crystal, Orion, Urtext, CRI and Delos labels. Further Information For more information about Robert Xavier Rodriguez, please visit his website at www.schirmer.com/composers/rodriguez/bio.html.
Contact Information Email: RobertXavierRodriguez@tx.rr.com |
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