Duke University

Graduate Student, Music

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Bryan Christian (b. 1984) is an American composer whose works receive frequent performances throughout the United States and Europe. He has received commissions from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, the 59th Festival Les Musicales (2011; Colmar, France), the 19th and 20th Juventus Festivals (2009 and 2010; Cambrai, France), the Ohio Northern University Symphony Orchestra, the Aurora Borealis Duo, and soprano Susan Narucki, among others. He also frequently collaborates with and is commissioned by violinists Liana Gourdjia and Stanislav Pronin. Mr. Christian is the recipient of numerous awards, including the J. William Fulbright Fellowship to Estonia, the BMI Student Composer Award, and the Indiana University Dean's Prize in Music Composition.

Mr. Christian is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Music Composition at Duke University, where Scott Lindroth is his advisor. Holding degrees from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (BM), University of California San Diego (MA), and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (MA), Mr. Christian has studied composition with Sven-David Sandström, Toivo Tulev, Helena Tulve, Chinary Ung, Claude Baker, Don Freund, and P.Q. Phan. Additionally, Mr. Christian has received consultations by composers as diverse as Arvo Pärt, George Crumb, Peter Eötvös, and Helmut Lachenmann.

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