Richard Danielpour

Richard Danielpour is a celebrated American composer and academic, renowned for his profound ability to evoke deep emotions through his music. Born in New York in 1956, Danielpour studied at Oberlin College, the New England Conservatory of Music, and completed his D.M.A. at the Juilliard School. His impressive career has earned him a Grammy Award, two Rockefeller Foundation grants, and the prestigious Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, among other accolades. Currently affiliated with the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of California, Los Angeles, Danielpour is also one of the most recorded composers of his generation, with many of his works available on Naxos and Sony Classical labels. His compositions are a testament to his status as one of the most gifted and sought-after composers of his time.