Theodore Presser Company Signs Huang Ruo
King of Prussia, PA — Theodore Presser Company is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive agreement with Huang Ruo. Recently awarded First Prize by the prestigious Luxembourg International Composition Prize 2008, Huang Ruo has been cited by the New Yorker as “one of the most intriguing of the new crop of Asian-American composers.” His vibrant and inventive musical voice draws equal inspiration from Chinese folk, Western avant-garde, and rock music to create a seamless, organic synthesis using a compositional technique he calls "dimensionalism." Huang Ruo’s writing ranges from orchestra, chamber music, opera, theater, and modern dance, to sound installation, multi-media, experimental improvisation, folk rock, and film.
Ensembles that have premiered and performed his music include the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Asko Ensemble, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, under conductors such as Wolfgang Sawallisch, James Conlon, Dennis Russell Davies, Ed Spanjaard, and Xian Zhang. In 2003, Miller Theatre featured him on its Composer Portraits series, where his four chamber concertos were premiered as a cycle by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) with Huang Ruo conducting. New York Times critic Allan Kozinn rated this concert second on his list of “Top Ten Classical Moments of 2003.” Huang Ruo has recordings on Naxos, Albany Records, and Koch International. His future commissions include a grand opera for the Opera Hong Kong, an orchestral work for the Macau International Music Festival, a string quartet for the Chiara Quartet, and three new works for the Camerata Pacifica, where he is the newly appointed composer-in-residence.
Huang Ruo was born in Hainan Island, China, in 1976, and was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music at the age of twelve. After winning the Henry Mancini Award at the 1995 International Film and Music Festival in Switzerland, he moved to the United States to further his education. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in composition from the Juilliard School. His composition teachers have included Randolph Coleman and Samuel Adler. Huang Ruo is currently a member of the composition faculty at SUNY Purchase. For a complete bio and list of works, click here.
Daniel Dorff, vice president of publishing at Theodore Presser Company remarks: "I've been excited about Huang Ruo's music ever since 2000, when I first heard his Three Pieces for Orchestra performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra as part of the Centennial Composition Competition. I am delighted to welcome him to Presser and to represent his energetic, deeply evocative, and finely-crafted compositions."
"It is truly my honor to have my music represented by Theodore Presser Company, an established company with vision for the twenty-first century." -- Huang Ruo
Theodore Presser Company is one of America’s oldest and most prestigious music publishers serving the music community worldwide. Its catalog contains a large and diversified selection of music literature from the educational field to that of concert music. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive rental library which makes available chamber, opera, ballet, and symphonic material of outstanding worth to professional and educational performing organizations. Theodore Presser Company also represents the music of more than 50 American and foreign publishers. The Company is based in King of Prussia, PA. For more information about Theodore Presser Company, visit www.presser.com.
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