Marc Edward Neikrug (born September 24, 1946) is a contemporary American composer, pianist, and conductor. He was born in New York City, the son of cellists George Neikrug and Olga Zundel. He is best known for a Piano Concerto (1966), the theater piece ''Through Roses'' (1980), and the opera ''Los Alamos'' (1988). Among his notable recent compositions are the orchestral song cycle '' Healing Ceremony'' (2010), his Concerto for Orchestra (2012), a Bassoon Concerto (2013), and the '' Canta-Concerto'' (2014). He studied with

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at the

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from 1964 to 1968, and composition at

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( M.M., 1971). In 1978 he was appointed consultant on contemporary music to the

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. Since the late 1990s he has been artistic director of the

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. He is also known for collaborations with violinist

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Selected recordings

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

, Sonata No. 1 in D minor for violin and piano,

César Franck César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of h ...

, Sonata in A for violin and piano,

, violin, Marc Neikrug, piano. CD Philips 1984.

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