Composers: Berlioz, Bruckner, Mahler, Strauss, Wagner, Vaughan Williams, Varese, Orff, Messiaen, Schuman, Copland, Hartmann, Sibelius, Nielsen, Pettersson, Szollosy, Ginastera, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Prokofiev; for films: Thomas Newman, Christopher Young, Howard Shore, John Williams, Angelo Badalamenti
Bands and Singers: Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Roger McGuinn, Paul Simon, Little Richard, Peter Cetera, John Sebastian, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Love, Spirit, Moby Grape, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, Gentle Giant, Steeleye Span, Ali Akbar Khan, Enya, Perry Como, Steve Lawrence
Artists: Gaudi, Grunewald, Bosch, El Greco, Turner, Redon, Monet, Ryder, Malevich, Schiele, Dali, Miro, Tanguy, Rouault, Hopper, Tamayo, Motherwell, Rothko, Rosenquist, Francis Bacon, Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Goldsworthy
Writers: Shakespeare, Poe, David Hume, Walt Whitman, Georg Trakl, Tennessee Williams, Georg Kaiser, Paul Claudel, Luigi Pirandello, Leonid Andreyev, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Robertson Davies, John Irving, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Caleb Carr, Charlie Kaufman
Actors/Performers/Directors: Andy Kaufman, Steve Allen, Victor Borge, Gene Kelly, Sam Peckinpah, Ken Russell, Tarsem Singh, William Friedkin, Bill Forsyth, David Lynch, John Boorman, Ridley Scott, Albert Brooks, Peter Cushing, Ernest Clark, Jeroen Krabbe, David Opatoshu, Richard Crenna, Albert Salmi, Giancarlo Giannini, Desi Arnaz, Ciaran Hinds, Peter O'Toole, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Alan Rickman, Ed Harris, Mickey Rourke, Al Pacino, Mia Kirshner, Heather Graham, Naomi Watts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bess Armstrong
Teams: Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Ravens
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This official Christopher Rouse myspace page is managed by colleagues at his music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, with collaboration and input from the composer himself. Enjoy!
Born in 1949, Christopher Rouse is known for orchestral scores that possess a driving, sometimes brutal energy. In recent years, a new current of lyricism has emerged in his music. His scores have been performed by every major orchestra in the U.S. and an increasing number in Europe and Asia. Champions include conductors Marin Alsop, Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman, and Christoph Eschenbach. Winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Trombone Concerto and a Grammy (Best Contemporary Composition, 2002) for his guitar concerto, Concert de Gaudí. Among soloists, noted interpreters include Emanuel Ax, Evelyn Glennie, Sharon Isbin, Yo-Yo Ma, Cho-Liang Lin, and Dawn Upshaw.
"When the music history of the late 20th century is written, I suspect the explosive and passionate music of Rouse will loom large." -- The Baltimore Sun
I have always loved your music. I am a fellow composer (and a pianist) and think that the passion and life in your music is refreshing in an age of so much reason and over-obsession with explanation. I believe I have many similar sentiments and would love to hear your opinion on my music. I have some of my music on my profile.
Thank you ever so for accepting my invitation for friendship. Please do allow me to share with you this exciting new album that I completed, after many years of struggle and hardship.
I thank you for wanting to know my music.
Please visit my page to listen to excerpts from "The Book Of Worlds"
an ambient jazz concept album executed entirely by me alone.
A link off my page brings you to where you can pick up a copy of your own.
MUSICAL AMERICA NAMES CHRISTOPHER ROUSE 2009 COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Musical America has announced their 2009 award recipients in the latest issue, in which they write: "Few composers have written as skillfully for orchestra as Christopher Rouse. His self-described "off-the-wall inventiveness" has thrilled audiences worldwide, perhaps most especially in the award-winning First Symphony and series of concertos for trombone (Pulitzer), cello (Grammys), violin, percussion, guitar (Grammy), flute, piano, clarinet, and oboe. He is currently at work on a New York Philharmonic commission."
Hello my friend! Wishing you a great weekend.
Hello Mr. Rouse, How are you doing? Is there a sunny day?