Stephen Drury (musician)

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Stephen Drury
Born
Stephen Drury

(1955-04-13)April 13, 1955
Spokane, Washington, United States
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • conductor
  • electronic musician

Stephen Drury (born April 13, 1955) is an American pianist, conductor and electronic musician. He is the music director of the contemporary music ensemble Callithumpian Consort and teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music. [1] Much of Drury's career has been centered in the Boston area. The Boston Globe has referred to him as the "local new-music authority". [2]

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Early life

Drury was born in Spokane, Washington in 1955. He was a student of Margaret Ott, Patricia Zander, and Claudio Arrau. [3]

He graduated from Harvard University in 1976 and attended Juilliard School for one year where he was taught by William Masselos. [3]

Career

Drury served as the music director of the American Repertory Theater in the 1980s. Since 2018, he has been Professor of Piano Contemporary Classical Music at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

He has performed and recorded a range of compositions by classical and contemporary composers including Igor Stravinsky, Charles Ives, John Cage, Frederic Rzewski, Elliott Carter, and John Zorn.

His CD of Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated! is considered by critics to be the definitive recording of that work. He performed with Frederic Rzewski at Carnegie Hall in 2008. [4]

His CD of Zorn's Carny" (John Zorn, Angelus Novus , Tzadik 7028) is also considered by critics to be the definitive recording of that work. [5]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Drury". necmusic.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  2. ↑ Weininger, David (August 1, 2013). "Pianist Drury to perform Rzewski's 'People United'". The Boston Globe.
  3. 1 2 Encyclopedia of American Classical Pianists: 1800s to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2023. pp. 98–100. ISBN   9781538171479.
  4. ↑ Jazz, All About (14 April 2008). "Jazz news: Making Music: Frederic Rzewski at Carnegie Hall, 5/1/08". All About Jazz News. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  5. ↑ Oestreich, James R. (1991-11-09). "Classical Music in Review". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-01-06.


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