String Music by David Gompper

May 15, 2019
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David Gompper
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Albany Records catalog # TROY1769

From the Albany Records website:

Composer David Gompper has lived and worked professionally as a pianist, conductor, and composer in New York, San Diego, London, Nigeria, Michigan, Texas, and Iowa. He studied at the Royal College of Music and the University of Michigan. Since 1991, he has been Professor of Composition and Director of the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa. His many awards include an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City, and a Fromm Commission. Recordings of his music appear on the Albany and Naxos record labels. He has chosen recent chamber music written for string instruments for this recording, which are given stellar performances by violinist Wolfgang David, cellist Hannah Holman, double bass player Volkan Orhon, and pianists Réne Lecuona and David Gompper. 

Learn more about David Gompper at his University of Iowa School of Music web page and his personal website. Orhon and Lecuona are also Professors of Music at Iowa.

The School of Music is a department of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

"String Music by David Gompper" is available for purchase from Albany Records and Amazon.