Anthony Korf

[4] Korf currently serves as Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence for Riverside Symphony (New York City), a professional orchestra he co-founded with the conductor George Rothman in 1981.

While Korf studied timpani and percussion with Fred Hinger and James Preiss, he developed a strong interest in composing and conducting in his graduate years, inspired by Harvey Sollberger and Charles Wuorinen who led the conservatory student new music ensemble of which he was a member.

This led to Korf’s formation of Parnassus upon graduation from MSM, the ensemble’s first project being a recording of Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat for Music Minus One label.

His New York City-based son, Damon, is a songwriter, singer and instrumentalist and holds a degree in Classics from Bard College 2014 Arts & Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters[8] Guggenheim Fellowship, 2008[9] Godard Lieberson Fellowship, American Academy, 1998[10] ASCAP Grants to Young Composers 1976 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2018) Cantata (1992, rev.

Writing in Fanfare, critic William Zagorski wrote: “Anthony Korf…works the traditional elements of musical composition in astonishing ways that result in a wholly original sound world.