David Ludwig (composer)

David Ludwig (born 1974 in Bucks County, PA) is an American composer of classical music.^[1]

Biography

David Ludwig is a descendant of many generations of musicians. His uncle is pianist Peter Serkin, his grandfather was the pianist Rudolf Serkin and his great-grandfather, the violinist Adolf Busch.^[2] Ludwig has written music for many musicians and ensembles, including Jonathan Biss, André Watts, Jaime Laredo,^[3] eighth blackbird,^[4] Jennifer Koh, Network for New Music, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Minnesota and National Symphonies. Ludwig has held residencies with Meet the Composer, the Isabella Gardner Museum,^[5] the MacDowell and Yaddo artist colonies and the Marlboro Music School. He was the composer-in-residence with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra from 2006-2009.^[6] He is currently on the composition faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and is the Artistic Director of the Curtis 20/21 Contemporary Music Ensemble.^[7]

Education

Ludwig attended Oberlin Conservatory for his undergraduate degree where he was a student of Richard Hoffmann and received his M.M. from The Manhattan School of Music. He completed additional post-graduate work at The Curtis Institute with Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon and Ned Rorem, and at the Juilliard School with John Corigliano. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania where he was the George Crumb Fellow.^[8]

Works

Orchestral

• "Fanfare For Sam" (2011)
• Symphony No. 1 "Book of Hours" (2009)
• Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (2008)
• "Compose Yourself!" (2007)
• Concertino for solo violin and orchestra (2005)
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2004)
• Radiance serenade for oboe and strings (2003)
• NightVision (2001)

Chamber

• "Piccola musica notturna" (2011) for EH, hrp, string quartet
• "Three Yiddish Dances" (2010) for vln, vcl, pno
• "Flowers in the Desert" (2009) for cl, vla, pno
• "From the Rubayaat of Omar Khayyam" (2008) for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble
• "A Modern Psalm" (2007) for jazz trio: pno, bass, drum set
• "Lamentations" (2006) for clar, hrp, cb, perc
• "Divertimento" (2006) for vln, vla, vcl, cb, pno
• "Haiku Catharsis" (2004) for flt, cl, vln, pno, perc
• "Four Japanese Folk Songs" (2003) for euphonium and string quartet
• Oboe Quartet "The Catherine Wheel" (2002) for oboe and string trio
• "Autumn Variations" (2002) for vln, gtr, vcl
• "Dances of Light" (2000) for string trio
• Clarinet Quintet "Poems from Antiquity" (1998) for cl and string quartet

Vocal

• "Our Long War" (2011) for soprano, violin, and piano
• "Ewigkeit" (2011) for baritone and chamber ensemble
• "From the Rubayaat of Omar Khayyam" (2008) for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble
• Hannukah Cantata (2007) SATB choir + soloists, cornetto, 3 sackbuts, organ and baroque strings
• "Kaddish" (2006)
• "The Choir" (2004) SATB choir
• Whitman Songs (2002) baritone and pno
• "The New Colussus" (2002) SATB choir
• Ave Maria (2000) SSAA
• Things to Do in a Park (2000) children's choir & string quartet

Solo

• "5 Bagatelles" (2011) piano
• "Canzoniere" (2011) flute and piano
• "Density 15.1" (2010) solo tenor saxophone
• "Scenes from Childhood" (2009) cello and piano
• Six Haikus (2008) horn and piano
• "Three Chansons" arrangements and responses to G. Dufay" (2008) cello and piano
• "Pleiades" (2005) oboe and piano
• "Three Portraits of Isabella" (2003) solo piano
• Sonata for Flute and Piano (2002)
• Star Cycles (1999) harp

Large Ensemble

• La Follia (2011) - string orchestra
• "Missa Brevis" (2008) - wind ensemble
• Eastern Light (2000)
• The Seven Ages of Man (1999) string nonet

Links

• http://www.davidludwigmusic.com
• http://www.curtis.edu/
• Instant Encore
• Vermont Symphony Orchestra interview with Ludwig
• The Bulletin Newspaper
• http://worldofmusichome.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/lake-champlain-chamber-music-festival/

References

1. ^ The Times Argus
2. ^ The Times Argus
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ eighth blackbird website
5. ^ [2]
6. ^ Meet the Composer
7. ^ Curtis Institute Faculty Appointments
8. ^ [3]

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