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“Andrew Rudin has been an important presence in the local contemporary music scene for the past four decades. His contributions to the modern canon have been eagerly awaited and happily appreciated.”
- Michael Caruso, Main Line Times, Philadelphia, Jan. 2007
"Andrew Rudin's music unfolds comlex and tightly constructed narratives that nonetheless feel rhapsodic and have an unfailing sense of lyricism and drama."
- Citation, The American Academy of Arts & Letters, May 2018
Rudin’s reputation was established in the 1960’s through his association with Robert Moog and a pioneering series of synthesized compositions, most notably his Nonesuch album, Tragoedia. Throughout the 1970’s many of his compositions were theatrical in nature, involving collaborations with ballet and modern dance, film, television, and incidental music for the stage. His one-act opera, The Innocent was produced in Philadelphia in 1972 by Tito Capobianco. A number of these works blended electronically synthesized sound with traditional instruments and voices. Particularly of note among these works is the inclusion of his music in the soundtrack of the film Fellini: Satyricon. Among the dance groups and choreographers with whom he has worked are Dance Theatre Workshop, Jeff Duncan, Murray Louis, The Pennsylvania Ballet, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Louis Falco, and four collaborations with Alwin Nikolais. The 1980’s saw the completion of his full-evening opera Three Sisters, on a libretto by William Ashbrook from the play by Chekhov, as well as many works for traditional instruments, both orchestral and chamber music. After his graduation from The University of Pennsylvania, where he studied primarily with George Rochberg. He joined the faculty of The Philadelpia Musical Academy, remaining there for the next thirty-seven years as it eventually became part of the present University of the arts. During this time he taught music history, theory, and composition, directed the new music ensemble, and headed the electronic music studio. He taught in the graduate division of the Juilliard School from 1981-1984. Since his retirement in 2001 he has worked as a broadcaster for WWFM, The Classical Network from Mercer County Community College, and served on the board of directors for Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001. He continues to compose extensively. In May 2018 he was given an award by The American Academy of Arts & Letters. His professional affiliation is BMI. He lives in Allentown, NJ.
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"Andrew Rudin has progressed to a distinctive place of mystery in his fine piano trio "Circadia". Wherever the music careered, it did so with a sure sense of expressive purpose, and with so much overall thrust that you couldn't always tell when one movement ended and another began."
- David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer
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Following CD's are available through Centaur
THREE STRING SONATAS:
for Cello (Sam Magill/Beth Levin), for Viola (Brett Deubner/Marcantonio Barone), for Violin (Miranda Cuckson/Steve Beck)
SYNTHESIZER PIONEER: The Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin
includes Il Giuoco, Crossings, Porcelain Dialogues, Shore Song, Paideia, and Men's Dance.
"Circadia" (Centaur)
Circadia is an album of works by contemporary American composer Andrew Rudin. It features his pieces Portrait Miniatures: Three Women; A Sudden Waking; Sonata for Piano; Ephemera; Circadia.
CELEBRATIONS:
Concerto for Piano, Concerto for Viola, & Celebrations for 2 pianos and percussion. May be ordered now directly from Centaur.
TO THE POINT:
featuring my "Canto di Ritorno" (Concerto for Violin)" and works by Jennifer Higdon, Jay Reise, Gunther Schuller and Romeo Cascarino. May be ordered now directly from Innova.
Two Elegies
"Two Elegies" for flute and piano will be included in the 2-CD Innova Records set "American Flute Music" by Mimi Stillman, flute and Charles Abramovic, piano.
CHIAROSCURO :
CHIAROSCURO (Septet), players from the Czech Philharmonic. Order "Masterpieces of the New Era" Volume 13 from