Elena Ruehr

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Elena Ruehr (born 1963, Ann Arbor) is an American musician, music educator and composer.

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Life and career

Elena Ruehr's parents were a mathematician and an English professor. [1] She grew up in Houghton, Michigan and began piano lessons at age four. She studied composition at the University of Michigan with William Bolcom and at The Juilliard School with Vincent Persichetti and Bernard Rands. [2] She also studied dance and has performed with Javanese and West African ensembles. In 1991 Ruehr took a teaching position at MIT. [3] Her compositions have been performed internationally and some have been recorded and available on media. Many of Ruehr's compositions involve setting poetry to music. [2] [4]

Ruehr is married to Seward Rutkove and they have one daughter, Sophie.

Selected works

Ruehr has composed works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instruments and vocals.

Recordings

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