Interviews

The Juilliard Journal

At 70, a Master Reflects on His Methods

The Epilogue features wordless epitaphs played by solo instruments that fade into antiphonal brass choirs, a texture Corigliano designed to mimic ocean waves, which to him are “an aural image of foreverness.”

Strings Magazine

John Corigliano at 80 on His Music, Influences & Future Plans

As the music world looks back over Corigliano’s contributions over a lengthy career, his works for strings will emerge and play a leading role.

Fresh Air

Composer John Corigliano

Composer-in residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His composition "Symphony No. 1" is Corigliano's personal statement about the AIDS crisis.

PBS

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note - John Corigliano

Los Angeles Times

John Corigliano remembers surprise Oscar win for ‘The Red Violin’

In the annals of upsets at the Academy Awards, composer John Corigliano’s win for the little-seen 1999 movie “The Red Violin” ranks as one of the biggest surprises in recent Oscar memory.

Financial Times

John Corigliano and Mark Adamo on writing an opera together: ‘No blood was shed’

Corigliano has only written one previous opera, but it was a big one. The Ghosts of Versailles, which had its premiere in 1991, was the first new work commissioned by New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 25 years.

The New York Times

John Corigliano and David Lang: Two Paths to Political Music

But he does usually rely on texts in his politically motivated music. “I think what we depend on for meaning is text,” Mr. Lang said. “It’s hard to think of what a purely political piece that is abstract could be.”

NPR

John Corigliano On Composing At 80: 'An Adagio Is What I Look For'

John Corigliano is one of America's most acclaimed composers. He's won a Pulitzer, an Oscar and five Grammys, and he's still hard at work, having turned 80 on Feb. 16.