Michael Djupstrom

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Name Michael Djupstrom		Albums Walimai
Role Composer · michaeldjupstrom.com Similar People David Ludwig, Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon
Education Curtis Institute of Music

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Michael Djupstrom (born 1980) is an American composer. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he grew up in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. After completing undergraduate and graduate studies in composition at the University of Michigan, Djupstrom moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he completed an Artist Diploma at the Curtis Institute of Music. His music has garnered many awards, and is published by Bright Press and Boosey & Hawkes.

His composition teachers include Jennifer Higdon, Richard Danielpour, Bright Sheng and Betsy Jolas, among others.

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Awards

2002 – ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize

2002 – Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize, Ithaca College

2003, 2004 – ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award

2004 – William Schuman Prize, BMI Foundation

2005 – ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition, 3rd prize

2005 – Music Teachers National Association - Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year

2006 – Great Wall International Composition Competition, 1st Prize & Audience Prize, Chinese Fine Arts Society

2010 – Charles Ives Fellowship, The American Academy of Arts and Letters

2012 – American Viola Society's Maurice Gardner Composition Competition grand prize winner for Walimai

2012 – Delius International Composition Prize

2013 – Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition winner for Scène et Pas de deux

2013 – Grand Prize, Washington Awards, S&R Foundation

2014 – Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

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