Composer, conductor, and performer RUSSELL STEINBERG received a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and a B.A. from UCLA. He studied composition most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss. Recent commissions include the world music ensemble MANY AXES, Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Mitchell Newman, the Jewish Center for Culture and Creativity, the Music Conservatory of Westchester, NY, and the Daniel Pearl Foundation. The Daniel Pearl Foundation commission, Stories From My Favorite Planet , was recently featured on “Global Village,” the KPFK radio program hosted by John Schneider and given its East Coast Premiere in Baltimore. The Westchester Symphony in New York and the Hopkins Symphony in Baltimore jointly commissioned his first symphony CityStrains . Steinberg’s music has been performed in the United States and abroad, including concerts in Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Baltimore, Aspen, Connecticut, San Francisco, New Jersey, Vermont, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and recently Israel. His awards include an ASCAP Young Composers Grant, Composers Inc. and NACUSA prizes, MacDowell and Aspen Fellowships, and First Prize in the New World String Quartet competition.
Dr. Steinberg is Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra, a group that includes students from over 60 schools in the LA area. He also regularly lectures at UCLA in music composition and music listening. Other available recordings include Stories From My Favorite Planet, produced by the Daniel Pearl Foundation (available at www.danielpearl.org ) and Desert Stars , a recording of Steinberg’s music for piano and classical guitar. Information about Steinberg’s current performances and lectures is available at www.russellsteinberg.com.
