David Avshalomov

DAVID AVSHALOMOV
A third-generation American composer, singer, and conductor based in Santa Monica, David Avshalomov composes in an accessible neo-tonal, modern Romantic style that balances a lyric gift with characteristic rhythmic vitality and pungent harmonies. His influences include the great 20th-century tonal composers. He has written for forces ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, band, and chorus, from songs and incidental pieces to full-length oratorio and opera, often on commission. His music has been performed professionally across the US, in Europe, Russia, South America, and the Far East, and recorded on Albany and Naxos. He has won numerous grants and competitions.

He earned his B.A in Music at Harvard and a D.M.A. in conducting at the University of Washington, studied at Aspen, and Tanglewood (Bernstein, Schuller, Ozawa), was music director of US orchestras and choruses on both coasts, guest conducted widely, toured in Europe and the Far East, and recorded orchestral music by his grandfather Aaron in Moscow for Naxos.
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