David Ludwig, classical music composer

David Ludwig

Biography

David Ludwig (born 1974 in Bucks County, PA) is an American composer of classical music.

David Ludwig is a descendant of many generations of musicians. His uncle is pianist Peter Serkin, his grandfather was the pianist Rudolf Serkin and his great-grandfather, the violinist Adolf Busch. Ludwig has written music for many musicians and ensembles, including Jonathan Biss, André Watts, Jaime Laredo, eighth blackbird, Jennifer Koh, Network for New Music, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Minnesota and National Symphonies. Ludwig has held residencies with Meet the Composer, the Isabella Gardner Museum, the MacDowell and Yaddo artist colonies and the Marlboro Music School. He was the composer-in-residence with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra from 2006-2009. He is currently on the composition faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and is the Artistic Director of the Curtis 20/21 Contemporary Music Ensemble.
Education

Ludwig attended Oberlin Conservatory for his undergraduate degree where he was a student of Richard Hoffmann and received his M.M. from The Manhattan School of Music. He completed additional post-graduate work at The Curtis Institute with Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon and Ned Rorem, and at the Juilliard School with John Corigliano. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania where he was the George Crumb Fellow.

(from wikipedia.org)


Composer Title Date Action
David Ludwig Excerpts from The Catherine Wheel 10/24/2012 Play Add to playlist