Born in New York in 1938, Charles Wuorinen is one of the world's leading composers. His many honours include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize -the youngest composer to receive the award. His compositions encompass every form and medium, including works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, soloists, ballet, and stage. Recent works include Theologoumenon for James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fourth Piano Concerto for Peter Serkin, James Levine and the Boston Symphony, Flying to Kahani, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for Peter Serkin and the Orchestra of St Luke's, and his opera, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, based on the novel of Salman Rushdie. Both as composer and performer (conductor and pianist) Wuorinen has worked with some of the finest performers of the current time and his works reflect the great virtuosity of his collaborators. Charles Wuorinen is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
