Jay Schwartz

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Jay Schwartz was born in San Diego, California, USA, in 1965. He studied piano and composition at Arizona State University, where he graduated in 1989, after which he received a scholarship for doctoral studies in musicology at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. From 1992-1995 he was assistant composer in residence for incidental music at the Staatstheater in Stuttgart. He has composed for numerous music theater and dance theater pieces, for film, and for concert music in Europe and has created sound installations for prestigious international venues. His music has been commissioned by and performed at renowned festivals such as the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Venice Biennale, the Ultraschall Festival Berlin, the International Computer Music Conference in Sweden, and various contemporary music festivals and venues in Berlin, Dresden, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Vienna. His pieces have been performed and commissioned by acclaimed orchestras and ensembles such as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, the Staatskapelle Weimar, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Aventure, the Neue Vocalsolisten, and the Raschér Saxophone Quartet. In 2000 he won the Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Prize for composition from the city of Cologne, Germany. He is a three-time recipient of the Strobel-fellowship for electronic music from the Southern German Broadcasting Corp. (SWR). He received the Nachwuchsauszeichnung (rising artis

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Wergo 75 Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

Wergo 75 - Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

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75: Edition Contemporary Music

Music for Orchestra

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Wergo 75

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Selections from NYPHIL BIENNIAL 2014

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JS, meet DT. E.P.

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Jay Schwartz's Album

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Edition Zeitgenössische Musik - Compilation 75

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Wergo 75 Edition Zeitgenšssische Musik

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The Miracle of Life

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