Jennifer Higdon
Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto in 2010, Viola Concerto in 2018, and Harp Concerto in 2020. Elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019, she was a professor of composition at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1994 to 2021.
Genre: 21st-century-classical, contemporary-classical, american-21st-century-classical
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Top Tracks
- Rhythm Stand
- Dance Card: No. 2, Breeze Serenade
- Short Stories: Summer's Eve
- Piano Trio: I. Pale Yellow
- blue cathedral
- Concerto 4-3: II. Little River
- Concerto 4-3: III. Roaring Smokies
- Splendid Wood
- Bop
- The Sound of Light
- A Quiet Moment
- Short Stories: Stomp & Dance
- Short Stories: Lullaby
- Short Stories: Splashing the Canvas
- Short Stories: Coyote Nights
- Short Stories: Chase
- Autumn Reflection
- Impressions: I. Bright Palette
- Impressions: III. To The Point
- Viola Concerto: II. — (Live)
Albums (40)
- Book of Brass (2024)
- The Book of Spells (2024)
- Higdon: Duo Duel & Concerto for Orchestra (2023)
- Aspire (2023)
- Rolling River: American Choral (2023)
- Jennifer Higdon: O magnum mysterium (2023)
- Monuments (2022)
- Duo (2022)
- Letters for the Future (2022)
- Workout by Hilary Hahn (2022)
- Higdon: A Gentle Notion (2021)
- Amazing Grace (2021)
- American Rapture (2019)
- Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers (2019)
- Retrospective (2018)
- Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live) (2017)
- The Curtis Project (2016)
- Higdon: Cold Mountain (2016)
- Pathways (2016)
- Power to the Women: The Best of Female Classical Composers (2014)
- Higdon: Early Chamber Works (2013)
- An Exaltation of Larks (2013)
- Jennifer Higdon: Chamber Music (2013)
- In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores (2013)
- Celebrating the American Spirit (2012)
- In the World of Spirits (2012)
- American Breeze (2012)
- Distinguished Music for the Developing Wind Band, Vol. 6 (2012)
- Revelations (2011)
- Higdon / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos (2010)
- Transmigration (2009)
- Higdon: Summer Shivers (2008)
- Global Flutescapes (2007)
- Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra (1970)
- Higdon: Piano Trio / Voices / Impressions (2006)
- Soliloquy (2006)
- Jennifer Higdon: City Scape & Concerto for Orchestra (2004)
- Rainbow Body (2003)
- Inflorescence 2-Music for Solo Flute (2003)
- American Flute Music (1970)
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