Julia Adolphe (born May 16, 1988 in New York City) is an American composer of

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

. Her works include choral, orchestral, operatic, chamber and art song pieces. Her initial mainstream recognition was in November 2016 at the New York premiere of her viola concerto ''

Unearth, Release ''Unearth, Release'' is a viola concerto by the American composer Julia Adolphe. The work was commissioned by the League of American Orchestras and the New York Philharmonic with support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. It was first perfor ...

'', which was co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and the League of American Orchestras. Adolphe has a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and a Master of Music degree in music composition from USC and is pursuing her doctoral degree from the USC Thornton School of Music. She is the niece of composer Bruce Adolphe.

Awards, prizes and grants

List of compositions

Opera

Orchestral

Choral

Chamber

Art song

References

External links

Official website
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