Michael Gilbertson (born 1987) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. He was one of three finalists for the 2018

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, making him one of the youngest finalists in the history of the award.

Early life and education

Gilbertson earned degrees from The

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and

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. Among his composition teachers have been Samuel Adler, David Lang,

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, Christopher Rouse,

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and

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Career

He is the BMI Composer in Residence with the

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, a position for which he has written a guitar concerto and an oboe concerto. His published music includes choral works with Boosey & Hawkes and G. Schirmer, and orchestral works with Theodore Presser. His orchestral music has been performed by the

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and many regional orchestras,. An opera of his was performed by the

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at the Kennedy Center; his choral music by

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, The Crossing, and many others, and his five ballets have been performed by (among others) the New York Choreographic Institute and the

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (ASFB) is an American contemporary dance company. It comprises eleven classically trained dancers. In addition to its domestic and international performances, the organization has a presentation program called "Aspen Santa ...

. His music was featured in a 2006 documentary, ''

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'', that was nominated for an Academy Award. He is a professor at the

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. Among the awards he has received are five Morton Gould Awards from ASCAP, a Lieberson Fellowship from the

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, a BMI Student Composer Award and, in 2013, BMI's prestigious Boudleaux Bryant Commission. His piano trio ''Fold by Fold'' received the Israel Prize from the Society for New Music. In March 2016,

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chose him as New Artist of the Month. In 2009, Gilbertson founded a festival, Chamberfest Dubuque, as an annual fundraiser for the school at which he started his musical studies, Northeast Iowa School of Music. He returns to direct it annually.

External links

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Gilbertson's page at Boosey & Hawkes, publisher

References

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