ANTHONY IANNACCONE (b. New York City, 1943) studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Eastman School of Music. His principal teachers were Vittorio Giannini, Aaron Copland, and David Diamond. During the 1960's, he supported himself as a part-time teacher (Manhattan School of Music) and orchestral violinist.

His catalog includes four symphonies, smaller works for orchestra, several large works for chorus and orchestra, numerous chamber pieces, large works for wind ensemble, and several extended a cappella choral compositions. His music is performed by major orchestras and professional chamber ensembles in the United States and abroad. He is an active conductor of both new music and standard orchestral repertory. In addition to conducting numerous regional and metropolitan orchestras in the United States, he has conducted several European orchestras, including the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, the Bavarian Festival Orchestra, the Janacek Philharmonic, the Moravian Philharmonic, and the Slovak Radio Orchestra.

From 1971 to 2013 he taught at Eastern Michigan University, where, for 30 years he conducted the Collegium Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in 18th and 19th century orchestral and choral repertory.

Iannaccone's works have won many first prizes in national and international competitions, including the Dutka Prize for String Quartet No. 3 and the Ostwald Award for Sea Drift. His Waiting for Sunrise on the Sound was chosen as one of five finalists in the 2001 London Symphony Orchestra Masterprize competition from a field of 1151 orchestral works submitted. Several of Iannaccone's works for chamber and large ensembles have entered the standard repertory.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians states, "organic growth inspires music of great strength and formal clarity, as opening bars generate the textural and thematic contours that forge contrasting sections of reflection and cross-rhythmic dynamism." He has received grants, awards, and commissions from numerous institutions, orchestras, foundations, and organizations, such as the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP, Cornell University, the Eastman School of Music, the Prague Philharmonic, the Richmond Symphony, the Kalamazoo Symphony, the Michigan Council for the Arts, East and West Artists of New York, the Tucson Chamber Music Festival, and Continental Harmony, among many others.

More information about Anthony Iannaccone is available at www.iannacconeworks.com

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