Stuart Greenbaum
STUART GREENBAUM, BMus (Hons), MMus, PhD (Melb.), Head of Composition
b. Melbourne, Australia. He was the first candidate to graduate with a PhD in composition from the University of Melbourne. Recent works include an orchestral cycle (premiered in Russia by the Krasnoyarsk Academic Philharmonic), a major choral work, The Foundling (Cantori New York, NY) and a full-length opera, Nelson (Spitalfields Market Opera, London). He has won a number of awards, including the Dorian Le Galliene Composition Award, the Heinz Harant Prize (for best new Australian composition) and the Albert H. Maggs Award. The commission for the latter (a saxophone sonata) was premiered in May 2003 as part of a ‘Greenbaum Retrospective’. His music is published by Promethean Editions (NZ), Red House Editions, Allans Publishing, Reed Music and is available through the Australian Music Centre. His music is available on disc through labels including ABC Classics, Tall Poppies, Move Records, Vox Australis and the Classical Recording Company (UK).
More information is available at: www.stuartgreenbaum.com