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charles wuorinen

Mar 13, 2020

Obituary: Brokeback Mountain Composer Charles Wuorinen Dies At 81

Composer Charles Wuorinen has died at the age of 81. The composer died on March 11 from complications after sustaining a fall in September 2019. Born in New York on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Wuorinen graduated from Trinity School in New York City as valedictorian in 1956 and later received a B.A. and M.A. in music from Columbia University. {…}

Dec 15, 2018

Boston Modern Opera Project To Perform New Charles Wuorinen Opera

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project will present the Boston Premiere of “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall on Jan. 19, 2019. The new work by composer Charles Wuorinen and librettist James Fenton is based on the novel by Salman Rushdie and will be conducted by Gil Rose. The semi-staged production is set to star {…}

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