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Name
  
Alan Belkin

Role
  
Composer

Education
  
Juilliard School


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Alan Belkin (born July 5, 1951 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian composer, organist, pianist as well as a pedagogue.

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Biography

Alan Belkin was born July 5, 1951 in Montreal. He began piano studies with Philip Cohen, then he studied organ with Dom André Laberge and with Bernard Lagacé. He studied composition with Marvin Duchow and in 1983, he got his doctorate from the Juilliard School in New York under the tutelage of American composers David Diamond and Elliott Carter.

Since 1984, he has been teaching theory and composition at University of Montreal. He is acknowledged by Canadian Music Centre as an associate composer.

Alan Belkin maintains an English, French, German and Spanish web site which includes free texts on harmony, orchestration, counterpoint, musical form and other musical subjects. Alan Belkin's works have been played in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the United States.

Works

  • Symphony No. 1
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Symphony No. 6 ("Phantoms")
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Symphony No. 8
  • Violin Concerto
  • Piano Concerto (night labyrinth)
  • Sonata for piano solo
  • Sonata for viola and piano (2006)
  • Petite Suite, commissioned by the Duo Caron (versions for one piano and for two pianos)
  • Fantasies and Fugues for piano solo
  • Four Etudes for piano solo
  • Voices for guitar, commissioned by Peter McCutcheon
  • Adagio I (Electroacoustic)
  • Adagio II (Electroacoustic)
  • 6 Songs for a Young Man
  • Four Emily Dickinson Songs
  • Do Not Go Gentle (choir, unaccompanied)
  • String Quartet No. 1
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • String Quartet No. 3
  • String Quartet No. 4
  • Adagio Symphonique pour Cordes
  • Elegy for String Orchestra
  • Symphonic Movement No. 2, for Strings
  • Trio, for violin, cello, and piano
  • 12 Preludes and Fugues for piano
  • 12 Preludes for piano
  • Trombone Concertino
  • Nonet #2 (also exists in a version for piano and string quartet)
  • Symphonic Movement No. 3
  • Flute Sonata
  • Clarinet Sonata (with piano)
  • Piano Sonata #2
  • Clarinet Quartet
  • Ragtime, for orchestra
  • Music When Soft Voices Die, for choir
  • Concertino for Clarinet and Strings

    • Discography

    Halogènes - excerpt of Night Labyrinth (1987): Adagio I (UMMUS UMM-101, 1990)

    Honours

    Prix d'excellence en enseignement, catégorie professeur agrégé University of Montreal (1994)

    Publications

  • Computer Music Journal
  • Journal of the Canadian University Music Society
  • Musicworks

    • References

    Alan Belkin Wikipedia
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