On Monday (4/13) at NewsWorks.org (Philadelphia/South Jersey/Delaware), Christine Facciolo writes that Kevin Puts received the Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s 2015 A.I. du Pont Composer’s Award at the DSO’s chamber concert on April 14, when the DSO performed his Concerto for Oboe and Strings “conducted by DSO Music Director David Amado with the orchestra’s Stephanie Wilson as oboe soloist. Established in 1985, the award recognizes a distinguished living American composer or conductor who has made a significant contribution to contemporary classical music. Previous recipients have included Aaron Jay Kernis, Jennifer Higdon, Joan Tower, Richard Wernick, George Walker, Michael Daugherty and Christopher Rouse. Puts’ work has been described as one of the most important composers of his generation…. His most recent work, ‘The City,’ or Symphony No. 5, co-commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony to commemorate its 100th anniversary and Carnegie Hall to mark its 125th anniversary, will premiere in April 2016…. Since 2006, he has been a member of the composition department at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He currently serves as director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Composer’s Institute.” In 2012, Puts won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his opera Silent Night.
Posted April 16, 2015
