出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/01/02 22:43 UTC 版)
Daniel Dorff (born March 7, 1956 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American composer, and is regarded as one of the most influential of his generation. He graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University and earned his master's degree in composition from the University of Pennsylvania, studying composition with George Crumb, George Rochberg, Karel Husa, Henry Brant, Ralph Shapey, Elie Siegmeister, and Richard Wernick. Dorff is currently composer-in-residence for Symphony In C (formerly called Haddonfield [NJ] Symphony). His works have been commissioned by such ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra, and performed by groups and individuals including the Baltimore Symphony, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Chicago Symphony chamber ensembles, pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist John Bruce Yeh, and flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal, Donald Peck. He has also created arrangements for Sir James Galway and pop musicians Keith Emerson and Lisa Loeb.