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Biography
Laura
Kaminsky, “one of the top 35 female composers in classical music” (The
Washington Post), frequently addresses issues including sustainability,
war, and human rights in her work. “Full of fire as well as ice, (she
writes) in an idiom that contrasts dissonance and violence with tonal
beauty and meditative reflection. It is strong stuff.” (American Record
Guide) With co-librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed she has
created the most widely-produced contemporary opera in the U.S., As One
(2014), Some Light Emerges(Houston Grand Opera 2017), and the
forthcoming Today It Rains(Opera Parallèle/American Opera Projects
2019). Upcoming: a Piano Quintet for Ursula Oppens and the Cassatt
String Quartet; and with Reed, Postville, inspired by the unprecedented
and devastating immigration raid there in 2008, for a consortium led by
Santa Fe and San Francisco Operas. She is head of composition at the
Conservatory of Music/SUNY Purchase.
Productions
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