Podcast summary
One of America's most performed and admired composers, Adams (Nixon in China, Doctor Atomic) helped shape the landscape of contemporary classical music. His new memoir reveals the inner workings of his creative process and illuminates the recent history of music-making.
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Participant(s) Bio
One of America's most admired and respected composers, John Adams was born and raised in New England and educated at Harvard. He taught for ten years at the San Francisco Conservatory and was composer-in-residence at the San Francisco Symphony.
He is active as a conductor, appearing with the world's greatest orchestras. A regular guest at the BBC Proms, he has appeared in recent seasons with such orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and New York Philharmonic, and with orchestras in Atlanta, Stockholm, San Francisco, and Detroit. From 2003 to 2007 he was composer-in-residence at Carnegie Hall and conducted the first public concert in Carnegie's new space, Zankel Hall.
His original operatic works include Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, and Doctor Atomic, and On the Transmigration of Souls, which received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Music, and won a rare "triple crown" of Grammy awards: "Best Classical Recording", "Best Orchestral Performance", and "Best Classical Contemporary Composition".
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As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Deborah Borda leads one of the largest music organizations in the United States. She is responsible for managing all artistic, administrative, and technical operations of the Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the presentation of close to 300 concerts annually.
Borda came to Los Angeles after close to a decade as Executive Director of the New York Philharmonic, where she served as the first woman in recent history to manage a major American symphony orchestra. She has also chaired the Music Panel of both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Major American Orchestra Managers Group, and has been featured in numerous national publications and television news programs.
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