ON THIS DAY | Happy Birthday, Composer John Corigliano!

His signature works include his 1st and 2nd Symphonies, clarinet and violin concerti and the film scores for the movies Altered States, Revolution and The Red Violin

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Today is Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer John Corigliano's 83rd birthday.

A graduate of Columbia University and the Manhattan School of Music, he currently holds a Distinguished Professorship at the City University of New York.

 

LARA ST JOHN | JOHN CORIGLIANO | 'STOMP' FOR SOLO VIOLIN