Rand Steiger

Rand Steiger, composer and conductor, is a major figure in the international music scene.

As composer, he combines traditional instruments with real-time digital audio signal processing and spatialization. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by American Composers Orchestra, Fromm Foundation, IRCAM, New York New Music Ensemble, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Mosaic, Speculum Musicae, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, National Flute Association, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he served as Composer Fellow from 1987 through 1989.

He has conducted the Aspen Chamber Ensemble, CalArts Twentieth-Century Players, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, New York New Music Ensemble, Sonor, Ensemble Sospeso. and the California EAR Unit, of which he was the founding artistic director. Among his recordings as conductor are operas by Hilda Paredes and Anthony Davis, and large chamber works by Carter, Reynolds, Stockhausen, Subotnick, and Xenakis. He has also conducted premiere performances of works by Louis Andriessen, Milton Babbitt, Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, Jonathan Harvey, Aaron Kernis, James Newton, Luigi Nono, Roger Reynolds, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, Kaija Saariaho, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Subotnick, and Toro Takemitsu.

His compositions and performances are recorded on the Centaur, CRI, Crystal, Einstein, Koch, Mode, New Albion, New World and Nonesuch labels.

Steiger is currently a Professor in the Music Department at the University of California, San Diego.

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