Louis Karchin

Louis Karchin (born 1951) is an American composer, conductor and educator. His music spans more than 100 compositions, including three operas, vocal-instrumental song cycles set to texts by a wide range of poets, and orchestral, chamber and solo instrumental pieces. Critics describe Karchin's work as modernist, combining original orchestration, driving energy, and a blend of complexity and approachability, and lyricism and atonality. In the latter regard, his music is often likened to that of the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Nathan Faro of American Record Guide wrote, "Karchin's music is challenging yet accessible, abstract and diffuse yet colorful. It embodies a romantic mode of expression and the structural rigor of serialism, yet often remains light and airy." Karchin's work has been recognized by the Guggenheim Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Endowment for the Arts, among others. Organizations and venues presenting his music have included Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood, Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum, the Center for Contemporary Opera, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Earplay, and the Louisville Orchestra. As a conductor, Karchin has regularly led groups such as the Orchestra of the League of Composers and the Washington Square Ensemble. He is a professor of music at New York University.

Karchin: Jane Eyre - 2019-08-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Karchin: Romulus - 2011-06-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Louis Karchin: Five Compositions - 2020-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

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