Joseph Pehrson
Joseph Pehrson (born August 14, 1950) is an American composer and pianist.
Life
Pehrson comes from Detroit, Michigan. He studied at the University of Michigan and Eastman School of Music. (D.M.A. 1981). His teachers include Leslie Bassett, Joseph Schwantner, Otto Luening and Elie Siegmeister. From 1992 to 1993 he was composer-in-residence at the University of Akron. Since 1983 he serves as co-director of the Composers Concordance in New York City.[1] He mostly wrote pieces for orchestral and chamber music. His compositions have been performed at Merkin Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space. Concerts were held in Eastern Europe and Russia. He is now working with the German Ensemble Sortisatio.
Further reading
- Europa Publications (2003). International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003. London: Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-174-X. pp. 602.
References
- ^ Europa Publications (2003). International Who's Who in Classical Music 2003. London: Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-174-X. pp. 602.
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- 20th-century classical composers
- 21st-century classical composers
- American male classical composers
- American classical composers
- American classical pianists
- University of Michigan alumni
- Eastman School of Music alumni
- Musicians from Detroit, Michigan
- 20th-century American musicians
- 21st-century American musicians