cl, 1933-2000 US, Whiting, Indiana
Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Richard John Dufallo
Richard John Dufallo (30 January 1933 in Whiting, Indiana – 16 June 2000 in Denton, Texas) was an American clarinetist, author, and conductor with a broad repertory. He is most known for his interpretations of contemporary music. During the 1970s, he directed contemporary music series at both Juilliard and the Aspen Music Festival, where he succeeded Darius Milhaud as artistic director of the Conference on Contemporary Music. He was influential at getting American works accepted in Europe, and gave the first European performances of works by Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Jacob Druckman, and Elliott Carter as well as younger composers like Robert Beaser. Dufallo, as conductor, also premiered numerous works by European composers, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and K
Improvisation Chamber Ensemble |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Music For Two Pianos | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Earl Wild, Zaidee Parkinson, Richard Dufallo | 1978 | Album |
Akrata / Syzygy / The Dorian Horizon / Canciones A Guiomar | Iannis Xenakis / David Del Tredici / Toru Takemitsu / Luigi Nono - Richard Dufallo Conducting The Festival Chamber Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn-Julson And Susan Belling | 1969 | Album |
Messiaen/Boulez/Ligeti/Takemitsu | Pierre Boulez, Les Percussions De Strasbourg, Orchestre Du Domaine Musical, Strings Of The New Philharmonia Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, The Festival Chamber Ensemble, Richard Dufallo | Album |