Finding Rothko is a composition for chamber orchestra by the American composer Adam Schoenberg.
The composer was inspired to write the piece after experiencing the paintings of the abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko on a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Finding Rothko marked Schoenberg's first professional commission as a composer, and he was assisted in arranging the work for chamber orchestra by Michael Stern.
[2] Reviewing a 2011 performance of Finding Rothko at the Aspen Music Festival, Harvey Steiman of The Aspen Times praised the work's "colorful orchestration, rich textures and a sense of power and inevitability similar to that which invests the painter's work."
He added, "This was highly listenable music, rewarding to apprehend, especially in the broad outlines of the final section's glowing climax.