| Joseph
Pulitzer (1847-1911) bequeathed $2 million in his will to establish a
graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University (currently the
site where the Pulitzer announcements are made each April). The
Pulitzer Prizes were created with part of this money and were first
awarded in 1917. The first Pulitzer Prize in music was awarded in 1943. Although he had a passion for music, his will did not call for a prize in that area, but only a scholarship for a music student. Instead, he bequeathed $500,000 to the New York Philharmonic Society--an amount equal to the entire Pulitzer Prize bequest. In 1943 the Pulitzer Board converted the scholarship to a prize. The requirements were stated: "For distinguished musical composition in the larger forms of chamber, orchestral, or choral work, or for an operatic work (including ballet), first performed or published by a composer of established residence in the United States, Five hundred dollars ($500)." The first recipient was William Schuman for his "Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song" for full chorus of mixed voices, with accompaniment of orchestra. Beginning in 1980, the list of Finalists for each year was also made public. |
Composer Joan Tower (Spring, 2001) [Pulitzer Finalist, 1993] Composer/Pianist Easley Blackwood (Summer, 2001) Composer Brian Fennelly (Fall, 2001) Composer Karel Husa (Winter, 2001) [Second of Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1969] Composer Robert Carl (Spring, 2002) Composer/Critic Virgil Thomson (Summer, 2002) [Pulitzer Prize, 1949] Composer Elizabeth Austin (Fall, 2002) Pianist David Holzman (Summer, 2003) Composer Ruth Schonthal (Fall/Winter, 2003) Composer/Pianist George Walker (Spring, 2004) [Pulitzer Prize, 1996] Composer Alan Hovhaness (Spring/Summer, 2005) Composer William Mayer (Summer/Fall, 2006) Soprano Elsa Charlston (Fall/Winter, 2006) Composer Leo Kraft (Spring/Summer, 2008) Composer Elliott Carter (Winter/Spring, 2008-09) [Pulitzer Prize, 1960 & 1973] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1996 & 2005] Composer George Flynn Violinist Jennifer Koh Composer Aaron Jay Kernis [Pulitzer Prize, 1998] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1994, 2013] Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio Composer Lowell Liebermann Oboist Alex Klein [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Conductor Carlos Kalmar Pianist Ursula Oppens Composer John Corigliano [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2001] Conductor Sir Georg Solti [Two Interviews] [October, 1993]
Composer Pozzi Escot Composer/Author Paul Bowles Composer Arnold Rosner Composer/Pianist John La Montaine [Pulitzer Prize, 1959] Composer Eric Ewazen Composer Lou Harrison [Second of Two Interviews] Composer/Conductor/Pianist/Administrator Morton Gould [Second of Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1995] Composer/Pianist Robert Helps Composer/Pianist/Technician David Tudor Composer Chou Wen-Chung Composer/Conductor Carlos Surinach Composer Johan Franco Composer Conlon Nancarrow Composer Romeo Cascarino Composer Hayden Wayne Composer Gian Carlo Menotti [Three Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1950 & 1955] Composer Elie Siegmeister Composer David Raksin Composer/Conductor Alfred Reed Composer/Pianist Frederic Rzewski Composer Irwin Bazelon Composer Morten Lauridsen Composer Marga Richter Composer Otto Luening Composer George Crumb [Pulitzer Prize, 1968] Composer Andrew Imbrie [Pulitzer Finalist, 1995] Composer Stephen Albert [Pulitzer Prize, 1985] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1987] Composer Miriam Gideon Composer Richard Wernick [Pulitzer Prize, 1977] Composer Ursula Mamlok Composer Vincent Persichetti Composer Robert Starer Composer Ulysses Kay Composer/Administrator Francis Thorne Composer Leslie Bassett [Pulitzer Prize, 1966] Composer John Lessard Composer Donald Martino [Pulitzer Prize, 1974] [Pulitzer Finalist, 2000] Composer Christopher Rouse [Pulitzer Prize, 1993] Composer Louise Talma Composer Alexei Haieff Composer/Percussionist William Kraft Composer Gardner Read Composer Benjamin Lees Microtonal Composer Ezra Sims Composer Roger Reynolds [Pulitzer Prize, 1989] Composer Gloria Coates Composer James Cohn Composer Steve Reich [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2009] [Pulitzer Finalist, 2003, 2004, 2005] Composer Wayne Barlow Composer Maurice Wright Composer/Conductor Lalo Schifrin [Two Interviews] Composer John Harbison [Pulitzer Prize, 1987] Composer/Inventor Cecil Effinger [Inventor of the Musicwriter and the Tempowatch] Composer Robert Erickson Composer/Conductor Lukas Foss [Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1942] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1980] Composer/Pianist David Del Tredici [Pulitzer Prize, 1980] Composer Norman Dello Joio [Pulitzer Prize, 1957] Composer/Conductor Gunther Schuller [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1994] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1988] Composer/Pianist Yehudi Wyner [Pulitzer Prize, 2006] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1998] Composer Vaclav Nelhybel Composer/Administrator William Schuman [*First Pulitzer Prize in Music*, 1943; Pulitzer Special Citation, 1985] Composer Vivian Fine [Pulitzer Finalist, 1983] Composer/Conductor David Van Vactor Composer Daniel Pinkham Composer Julia Smith Composer Charles Wuorinen [Pulitzer Prize, 1970] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1994]
Composer Samuel Adler Microtonal Composer Ben Johnston Composer Pauline Oliveros Composer Ernst Krenek Composer/Humorist Peter Schickele [P.D.Q. Bach] Composer Ned Rorem [Pulitzer Prize, 1976] Composer John Cage Composer Ron Nelson Composer Richard Wilson Composer Normand Lockwood Composer Paul Fetler Composer Earl Kim Composer David Diamond [Second of Two Interviews] Composer Olly Wilson Composer Chen Yi [Pulitzer Finalist, 2006] Composer Mel Powell [Pulitzer Prize, 1990] Composer Monroe Couper Composer Dika Newlin Composer Bernard Rands [Pulitzer Prize, 1984] Composer/Pianist Sam Raphling Composer/Pianist Leo Smit [Includes letter to BD from Dmitri Kabalevsky] Composer Milton Babbitt [Pulitzer Special Citation, 1982] Composer Bernhard Heiden Composer/Pianist Robert Muczynski Composer Carlisle Floyd Composer Frank Wigglesworth Composer Paul Pisk Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich [Pulitzer Prize, 1983] Composer/Conductor David Amram Composer Jacob Druckman [Pulitzer Prize, 1972] Composer Mary Jeanne van Appledorn Composer Harold Shapero Composer/Bassist Frank Proto Composer/Critic Lester Trimble Composer Jennifer Higdon [Pulitzer Prize, 2010] Composer Alan Stout Composer/Musicologist George Perle [Pulitzer Prize, 1986] Composer Kenneth Gaburo Composer Leonardo Balada Composer Miklós Rózsa Composer Joseph Schwantner [Pulitzer Prize, 1979] Composer Kamran Ince Composer C. Curtis-Smith Composer/Flutist/Conductor Harvey Sollberger Composer William Bergsma [Two Interviews] Composer Earle Brown Composer/Conductor Ray Luke Composer Juli Nunlist Composer/Pianist Richard Cumming Composer/Educator Hunter Johnson Composer/Psychotherapist Paul Ramsier Composer/Clarinetist William O. Smith Composer Emma Lou Diemer Composer Robert Moffat Palmer Composer Jean Berger Composer Burrill Phillips Composer Leonard Kastle Composer/Performer Philip Glass [Two Interviews] Composer Jack Gallagher Composer/Pianist Joseph Fennimore Composer/Pianist Ernst Bacon [Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1932] Composer/Publisher Ray Green Composer/Author George Heussenstamm Composer/Author Marilyn J. Ziffrin Composer/Pianist Leo Ornstein Composer/Teacher Ross Lee Finney [Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1937] Composer Frank Campo Composer George Rochberg [Pulitzer Finalist, 1986] Composer Robert Linn Composer/Pianist Lee Hoiby [Two Interviews; the first also includes the participation of conductor Robert Frisbie] Composer and Mezzo-Soprano William Bolcom and Joan Morris [Two Interviews with Bolcom] [Pulitzer Prize, 1988] Composer John Downey Composer/Pianist Elinor Remick Warren Composer Marcel Dick Composer Nancy Laird Chance Composer/Pianist John Verrall Composers Hale Smith and T.J. Anderson Composer/Pianist Leon Kirchner [Pulitzer Prize, 1967] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1993] Composer Roger Goeb Composer Joseph Goodman Composer/Conductor Edwin London Composer/Educator Donald Harris Composer Rolv Yttrehus 'Tape Music' Composer Vladimir Ussachevsky Composer/Pianist Robert Parris Composer Harold Blumenfeld Composer Melinda Wagner [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1999] Composer Robert Moevs
Composer/Conductor Jacob Avshalomov Composer/Author Elliott Schwartz Composer Jean Eichelberger Ivey Composer Vittorio Rieti Composer/Pianist Josef Alexander Microtonal Composer John Eaton Composer/Author Kent Kennan Composer Robert Hall Lewis Composer Grant Fletcher Composer/Critic Arthur Berger Composer Dominick Argento [Pulitzer Prize, 1975] Composer Donald Grantham Composer Kirke Mechem Composer/Pianist Max Lifchitz Composer Phillip Rhodes Composer Dorothy Rudd Moore Composer/Cellist Seymour Barab Composer Steven R. Gerber Composer William Schmidt Composer/Conductor Anthony Iannaccone Composer Juan Orrego-Salas Composer Jerré Tanner Composer/Teacher/Administrator Stanley Wolfe Composer Richard Moryl Composer/Professor Robert Stern Composer/Conductor Gerhard Samuel Composer Paul Lansky Composer Robert Beaser Composer/Conductor David Stock Composer Ezra Laderman Composer David Hollister Composer Stephen Paulus Composer Shulamit Ran [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1991] Composer Steven Stucky [Pulitzer Finalist, 1989] [Pulitzer Prize, 2005] Composer Judith Shatin Computer Music Composer James Dashow Composer/Clarinetist Meyer Kupferman Composer Roger Nixon Composer/Administrator John Duffy Composer/Organist Rayner Brown Composer Carter Pann [Pulitzer Finalist, 2016] Composer Robert Kelly Composer/Administrator Leon Stein Composer John Luther Adams [Pulitzer Prize, 2014] Composer/Pianist Douglas Allanbrook Composer Paul Cooper Composer/Clarinetist Evan Ziporyn [Two Interviews] Composer/Pianist/Quiz Kid Lawson Lunde Composer/Conductor William Ferris [Two Interviews] Composer Charmian Tashjian Composer Augusta Read Thomas [Pulitzer Finalist, 2007] Composer Jan Bach Composer Aurelio de la Vega [Two Interviews] Composer/Organist Frank Ferko Composer Dan Tucker Composer/Author Ellis B. Kohs Composer M. William Karlins [Two Interviews; the second is recollections of his teacher, Stefan Wolpe] Composer Simon Sargon Composer Gene Gutchë Composer Robert Lombardo Composer Lawrence Moss Composer Howard Sandroff Composer/Pianist Gardner Jencks Composer/Pianist Marilyn Shrude Composer Jeffrey Mumford Composer William Neil Composer/Conductor Ralph Shapey [Pulitzer Finalist, 1990, 1992] Composer/Flutist/Conductor Stephen Dembski Composer Mario Davidovsky [Pulitzer Prize, 1971] Composer Paul Moravec [Pulitzer Prize, 2004] Composer/Conductor Bright Sheng [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1989, 1991] Composer/Pianist Anthony Davis [Pulitzer Prize, 2020] Electronic Composer Morton Subotnick [Pulitzer Finalist, 1980] Composer Peter Lieberson [Pulitzer Finalist, 1984, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006] Composer/Conductor John Adams [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2003] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1998, 2014] Composer/Conductor Tania León [Pulitzer Prize, 2021] Composer Bruce Saylor Composer Michael Torke [Pulitzer Finalist, 2020] Composer/Theorist Fred Lerdahl [Pulitzer Finalist, 2001, 2010, 2011] Spatial Music Composer Henry Brant [Pulitzer Prize, 2002] Composer David Rakowski [Pulitzer Finalist, 1999] Composer Jon Polifrone Composer Maurice Weddington Composer Janice Misurell-Mitchell Composer Stephen Syverud Composer Frank Abbinanti Composer/Conductor Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Composer Charles Dodge Composer Frank E. Warren Composer Amnon Wolman Composer Katherine Hoover Composer/Record Producer Nancy Van de Vate [Two Interviews] Composer/Administrator John Donald Robb Composer/Pianist Amy Williams Composer Gordon Binkerd Composer Richard Hervig Composer Henri Lazarof Composer Jay Alan Yim Composer Walter Mourant Composer David Baker Composer Paul Chihara Composer Tobias Picker Composer Daron Aric Hagen Composer Alva Henderson Composer/Pianist James Primosch Composer/Conductor/Administrator Michael Ching Composer/Arranger Ed Bland Composer Ruth Shaw Wylie Composer Charles Jones Composer Mark Adamo Composer Lora Aborn Composer/Pianist Lionel Nowak Composer/Jazz Trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe Composer Kenton Coe Composer/Conductor John Bavicchi Composer/Performer James "Kimo" Williams
Composer/Conductor/Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Composer Isang Yun Composer/Radio Producer Robert Simpson Composer Henryk-Mikołaj Górecki Composer Karlheinz Essl Composer Krzysztof Penderecki Composer/Master of the Queen's Music Malcolm Williamson
Composer Arne Nordheim Composer Rodion Shchedrin Composer William Mathias Composer Sir Malcolm Arnold Composer Giya Kancheli Composer Iain Hamilton Composer/Conductor Leif Segerstam Composer Betsy Jolas Composer Antanas Rekašius Composer Iannis Xenakis Composer Geoffrey Bush Composer Peter Sculthorpe Composer Alun Hoddinott Composer Sofia Gubaidulina Composer Luciano Berio Composer Thea Musgrave Composer Edison Denisov Composer György Ránki Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara Composer Mauricio Kagel Composer Tera de Marez Oyens Composer George Lloyd Composer Mikis Theodorakis Composer/Trombonist Vinko Globokar Composer/Pianist Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Composer Michael Colgrass [Pulitzer Prize, 1978] Composer Ruth Lomon Composer Hans Werner Henze Composer Joanna Bruzdowicz Composer/Conductor Pierre Boulez [Two Interviews] Composer Ulf Grahn Composer/Pianist John McCabe [Two Interviews] Composer/Conductor Oliver Knussen [Two Interviews] Composer Nicholas Maw Composer/Percussionist Marta Ptaszyńska [Two interviews] Composer/Pianist Aribert Reimann Composer Anders Hillborg Composer Harrison Birtwistle Composer Gerhard Stäbler Composer Carl Vine Composer/Conductor John Rutter Composer/Conductor/Pianist George Benjamin Composer Roque Cordero Composer Tōru Takemitsu Composer Anthony Payne Composer Wilfred Josephs Composer Tzvi Avni
Conductor James DePreist Conductor Charles Dutoit Conductor Antal Doráti Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli Conductor Leonard Slatkin [Two Interviews] Conductor Raymond Leppard Conductor Frederick Fennell Conductor Jane Glover Conductor Bernard Haitink Conductor Jorge Mester Conductor Capt. William J. Phillips [Director of the Navy Band] Conductor JoAnn Falletta Conductor Robert Spano Conductor John Nelson Conductor Nicholas McGegan Conductor Neeme Järvi Conductor Margaret Hillis [Founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus] Conductor Kurt Masur Conductor Jesús López-Cobos Conductor Maxim Shostakovich Conductor Christian Thielemann Conductor/Composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski [Pulitzer Finalist, 1997] Conductor Zubin Mehta [Two Interviews] Conductor Herbert Blomstedt Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Conductor Vittorio Negri Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor Andrew Schenck Conductor Kenneth Jennings [Director of the St. Olaf Choir, 1968-1990] Conductor Marin Alsop Conductor Eduardo Mata Conductor Donato Renzetti Conductor Günter Wand Conductor Leopold Hager Conductor John Pritchard [First of three interviews; links to the others are included] Conductor Fiora Contino Conductor William Revelli [Director of Bands, University of Michigan, 1935-1971] Conductor Matthias Bamert Conductor George Guest [Director, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1951-1991] Conductor/Harpsichordist William Christie [Founder of Les Arts Florissants] Conductor Sir David Willcocks [Director of Music, King's College, Cambridge, 1957-1974; Conductor/Trumpeter Gerard Schwarz Conductor Robert Shaw Conductor Zdenek Macal Conductor Paul Strauss Conductor/Composer Jack Stamp [Founder of the Keystone Wind Ensemble] Conductor Sergiu Comissiona Conductor Gary Bertini Conductor Helmuth Rilling Conductor Sian Edwards Conductor/Pianist Dennis Russell Davies [Two Interviews] Conductor Claudio Abbado Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario Conductor Andrew Parrott Conductor/Arranger John P. Paynter [Director of Bands, Northwestern University, 1951-1996] Conductor/Pianist Mario Bernardi Conductor/Composer Werner Janssen Conductor/Composer/Pianist André Previn Conductor Robert Frisbie [Participant during first interview with composer Lee Hoiby] Conductor Richard Buckley Conductor Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez Conductor John Mauceri Conductor Edmond de Stoutz [Founder of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra] Conductor Sir Mark Elder [Two Interviews] Conductor Markus Stenz Conductor Martin Pearlman [Founder of Boston Baroque (originally called Banchetto Musicale)] Conductor James Conlon Conductor Donald Runnicles Conductor David Atherton Conductor Gary Garner [Director of Bands, West Texas State University, 1963-2002] Conductor Jeffrey Tate
Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi Conductor/Composer Michael Gielen Conductor/Composer José Serebrier Conductor Geoffrey Simon Conductor Peter Maag Conductor Steven Richman Conductor Mariss Jansons Conductor/Pianist Andrew Litton Conductor Sylvain Cambreling Conductor Hugh Wolff Conductor Yuri Temirkanov Conductor Sir Andrew Davis [Two Interviews] Conductor Sir Roger Norrington Conductor Henry Holt [Two Interviews] Conductor Paolo Olmi Conductor Ádám Fischer Conductor/Organist/Harpsichordist Ton Koopman Conductor James Judd Conductor Catherine Comet Conductor Gordon Wright Conductor Laszlo Halasz Conductor David Zinman Conductor Yoel Levi Conductor Semyon Bychkov Conductor David Robertson Conductor Kate Tamarkin Conductor Steven Larsen Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas [Second of two interviews; link to the first is included] Conductor George Manahan Conductor Paul Freeman [Three Interviews] Conductor/Composer Harold Bauer [Founder of the New Philharmonic, and the DuPage Opera Theatre] Conductor/Composer David Epstein Conductor Dieter Kober [Founder of the Chicago Chamber Orchestra] Conductor Michael Morgan Conductor Kenneth Jean Conductor/Organist Thomas Wikman [Founder of Music of the Baroque] Conductor John Fiore Conductor/Organist James O'Donnell [Master of the Choristers, Westminster Cathedral] Conductor Eve Queler [Founder of the Opera Orchestra of New York] Conductor Kay George Roberts Conductor Lawrence Leighton Smith Conductor/Pianist William Eddins Conductor Franz Welser-Möst Conductor Alexander Platt Conductor Carlo Rizzi Conductor Pier Giorgio Calabria Conductor Hal France Conductor Gustav Kuhn Conductor Robert Carter Austin Conductor John DeMain Conductor Duain Wolfe [Chicago Symphony Chorus] Conductor Stuart Challender Conductor James Paul Conductor/Pianist Joshua Rifkin Conductor/Pianist Richard Woitach Conductor/Pianist/Composer Rudolph Palmer Conductor/Violinist/Composer Frederic Balazs Conductor/Producer/Translator Walter Ducloux Conductor and Director Ted Taylor and Carl Ratner [Second of three interviews with Ratner; links to the others are included] Conductor and Director Mark Flint and David Gately [Two Interviews with Gately] Conductor/Composer and Director Lawrence Rapchak and Carl Ratner
Pianist Maurizio Pollini Pianist John Browning Pianist/Composer Noël Lee Pianist/Conductor Mikhail Pletnev Pianist Alfred Brendel Pianist Rudolf Firkušný Pianist Gilbert Kalish Pianist Paul Badura-Skoda Pianist György Sándor Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes Pianist Murray Perahia Pianist Cristina Ortiz Pianist Ruth Laredo Pianist Abbey Simon
Pianist Stephen Hough Pianist Richard Goode Pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva Pianist Misha Dichter Pianist Janina Fialkowska Pianist/Conductor/Composer Ralf Gothóni Pianist/Composer/Conductor Olli Mustonen Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet Pianist Earl Wild Pianist/Conductor Justus Frantz Pianist/Conductor Christoph Eschenbach Pianist Menahem Pressler Pianist Tzimon Barto Pianist David Owen Norris Pianist Till Fellner Pianist/Conductor/Teacher Leon Fleisher Pianist Van Cliburn Pianist Ivo Pogorelich Pianist Peter Donohoe Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pianist Barbara Nissman Pianist Maria João Pires Pianist Mūza Rubackytė Pianist/Conductor Philippe Entremont Pianist Emanuel Ax Pianist Lang Lang Pianist Leonard Hokanson Pianist Ramon Salvatore Pianist Helge Antoni Pianist Dmitry Paperno Pianist Gail Quillman [Includes material about her teacher, Leo Sowerby (Pulitzer Prize, 1946)] Pianist Leon Bates Pianist Philip Sabransky Pianist Mitsuko Uchida Pianist Alan Feinberg Pianist/Conductor Ian Hobson Pianist and Cellist Carol Honigberg and Steven Honigberg Harpsichordist Igor Kipnis Harpsichordist/Organist David Schrader Organist Peter Hurford Organist/Conductor Simon Preston Keyboardist/Composer Anthony Newman Piano Technician Franz Mohr [Chief Concert Technician, Steinway & Sons, 1968-1992]
Violinist Isaac Stern Violinist Gidon Kremer Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Violinist Sergiu Luca Violinist Midori Violinist Rachel Barton Pine Violinist Robert McDuffie Violinist Vincent P. Skowronski Violinist Victor Aitay [Concertmaster, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Violinists Irvine Arditti and David Alberman [Arditti Quartet] Violinist/Conductor Yehudi Menuhin Violinist/Conductor Jeanne Lamon [Tafelmusik] Violinist/Conductor Lawrence Golan Violinist/Composer Rubén D’Artagnan González [Co-concertmaster, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Violinist/Violist Irving Ilmer [Fine Arts Quartet] Violinist and Violist Shmuel Ashkenasi and Richard Young [Vermeer Quartet] Violinist and Bassoonist Adrian Da Prato and Wilbur Simpson [Senior members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Violist Kim Kashkashian Violist Marcus Thompson Violist/Conductor Yuri Bashmet Violist/Violinist Charles Pikler [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Cellist János Starker Cellist Anner Bylsma Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber Cellist Lynn Harrell Cellist Steven Isserlis Cellist/Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich [Includes letter to BD from Herbert von Karajan] Cellist/Conductor Heinrich Schiff Gambist Mary Springfels Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky Double Bassist Gary Karr Performer and Scholar of the Double Bass and Violone Jerry Fuller Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis Harpist Sarah Bullen [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Guitarist Angel Romero Guitarist David Russell Guitarist Oscar Ghiglia Lutenist Paul O'Dette Lutenist Hopkinson Smith Flutist Samuel Baron Flutist Carol Wincenc Flutist James Galway Flutist Mary Stolper [Principal, Grant Park Symphony] Flutist Donald Peck [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Recorder Player Michala Petri Oboist Ingo Goritzki Oboist Ray Still [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman Clarinetists Sabine Meyer and Reiner Wehle Clarinetist John Bruce Yeh [Assistant Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] [Two interviews -- #1 is about the basset horn] Clarinetist Larry Combs [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Saxophonist David Pituch Saxophonist Frederick Hemke Bassoonist Milan Turkovic Bassoonist/Conductor/Composer Arthur Weisberg Contrabassoonist Susan Nigro Trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins Trumpeter Timofei Dokshizer Trumpeter Rolf Smedvig [Empire Brass] Trumpeter Ross Beacraft [Chicago Brass Quintet] Trumpeter/Conductor Stephen Burns [Founder, Fulcrum Point New Music Project] Horn Player Dale Clevenger [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Trombonist Christian Lindberg Trombonist Charles Vernon [Bass Trombone, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Trombonist/Conductor Jay Friedman [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Tubist Harvey Phillips Tubist Samuel Pilafian [Empire Brass] Tubist Gene Pokorny [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Percussionist Evelyn Glennie Accordionist Robert Davine Concert Manager Henry Fogel [Chicago Symphony Orchestra] Soprano Evelyn Lear Soprano Phyllis Curtin
Soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson Soprano Kari Lövaas Soprano Neva Pilgrim Soprano Cristina Deutekom Soprano Dame Margaret Price Soprano Helen Donath Soprano Dame Eva Turner Soprano Martina Arroyo Soprano Isobel Buchanan Soprano Dame Felicity Lott Soprano Bethany Beardslee Soprano Marni Nixon Soprano Ileana Cotrubaș Soprano Roberta Peters [Two Interviews] Soprano Lorna Haywood Soprano Norma Burrowes Soprano Judith Blegen Soprano Elly Ameling Soprano Benita Valente Soprano Eleanor Steber Soprano Carol Vaness Soprano Gwyneth Jones Soprano Elisabeth Söderström Soprano Cecilia Gasdia Soprano Eva Mei Soprano Ghena Dimitrova Soprano Arleen Augér Soprano Karita Mattila Soprano Mariella Devia Soprano Renée Fleming Soprano Nadine Secunde Soprano Tina Kiberg Soprano Susan Dunn Soprano Judith Nelson Soprano Marie McLaughlin Soprano Brenda Roberts Soprano Lucy Shelton Soprano Anna Moffo Soprano Barbara Ann Martin Soprano Linda Zoghby Soprano Lella Cuberli Soprano Christine Brandes Soprano Ellen Hargis Soprano Edith Mathis Soprano Reri Grist Soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez Soprano Deborah Voigt Soprano Mary Beth Peil Soprano Sylvia McNair Soprano Nancy Gustafson Soprano Helen Boatwright Soprano Angelina Réaux Soprano Julianne Baird Soprano Elizabeth Hynes Soprano Emily Magee Soprano Constance Hauman Soprano Jane Eaglen Soprano Daniela Dessì Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Regina Resnik Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Anja Silja Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Felicity Palmer Soprano/Composer Joan La Barbara Soprano/Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum Soprano/Director Graziella Sciutti Soprano and Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir John Pritchard Soprano and Tenor Judith Raddue and Carl Tanner Mezzo-Soprano Risë Stevens Mezzo-Soprano Dolora Zajick Mezzo-Soprano Brigitte Fassbaender Mezzo-Soprano Herta Glaz Mezzo-Soprano Anna Reynolds Mezzo-Soprano Tatiana Troyanos Mezzo-Soprano Patricia Kern Mezzo-Soprano Sonia Sharnova Mezzo-Soprano Giulietta Simionato Mezzo-Soprano Elena Zilio Mezzo-Soprano Florence Quivar Mezzo-Soprano Ann Murray Mezzo-Soprano Sandra Warfield Mezzo-Soprano Janice Taylor Mezzo-Soprano Martha Lipton Mezzo-Soprano Jennifer Larmore [Two Interviews] Mezzo-Soprano Nancy Maultsby Mezzo-Soprano Hilda Harris Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves Mezzo-Soprano Diane Curry Mezzo-Soprano Robynne Redmon Mezzo-Soprano Anita Berry Mezzo-Soprano Cynthia Munzer Mezzo-Soprano Constance Beavon Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade [Two Interviews] Mezzo-Soprano Sandra Walker Mezzo-Soprano Delores Ziegler Mezzo-Soprano Stefania Toczyska Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Shirley Verrett Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Kay Griffel Mezzo-Soprano and Bass-Baritone Mimi Lerner and Monte Jaffe Mezzo-Soprano and Bass Fiorenza Cossotto and Ivo Vinco Mezzo-Soprano and Conductor Melanie Sonnenberg and Bradley Vieth Contralto Bernadette Manca di Nissa Counter-tenor Christopher Robson Counter-tenor Derek Lee Ragin
Tenor Carlo Bergonzi Tenor Rockwell Blake Tenor Wiesław Ochman Tenor Graham Clark Tenor Ryland Davies Tenor Ragnar Ulfung Tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson Tenor Émile Belcourt Tenor Gösta Winbergh [Two Interviews] Tenor Neil Shicoff Tenor Peter Dvorský Tenor Michael Schade Tenor Paul Sperry Tenor Ernst Haefliger Tenor Poul Elming Tenor Kurt Streit Tenor Vyacheslav Polozov Tenor Vladimir Galouzine Tenor Chris Merritt [Two Interviews] Tenor Bruce Ford Tenor Thomas Young Tenor Vinson Cole Tenor Richard Leech [Two Interviews] Tenor Jonathan Welch Tenor Gregory Kunde Tenor Michael Ballam Tenor Michael Sylvester Comprimario Tenor Piero De Palma Tenor/Administrator Frank Little Tenor/Administrator John Vorrasi Tenor/Administrator David Lloyd Tenor/Conductor Peter Schreier Tenor/Director Laurence Dale Baritone Hermann Prey Baritone Nikolai Putilin Baritone Richard Stilwell Baritone Frank Guarrera Baritone Sir Thomas Allen Baritone Renato Capecchi Baritone Thomas Hampson Baritone and Oboist John Shirley-Quirk and Sara Watkins Baritone Pablo Elvira Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky Baritone/Author Marko Rothmüller Baritone Rolando Panerai Baritone Donnie Ray Albert Baritone Max van Egmond Baritone David Pittman-Jennings Baritone Robert Merrill Baritone Brent Ellis Baritone Robert Orth Baritone William Stone Baritone William Sharp Baritone Brian Davis Baritone Norman Mittelmann Baritone Jubilant Sykes Heldenbariton Hartmut Welker Baritone/Director/Administrator Philip Kraus Bass-Baritone Walter Berry Bass-Baritone Norman Bailey Bass-Baritone Heinz Rehfuss Bass-Baritone José van Dam Bass-Baritone Arnold Voketaitis [Two Interviews] Bass-Baritone Ruggero Raimondi Bass-Baritone William Powers Bass Nicola Zaccaria Bass Robert Lloyd Bass Michael Langdon Bass John Macurdy Bass Martti Talvela Bass Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Bass Sir John Tomlinson Bass Gwynne Howell Bass Richard Van Allan Bass Lorenzo Alvary Bass Spiro Malas Bass Samuel Ramey Bass Jan-Hendrik Rootering Bass/Director Italo Tajo Bass and Mezzo-Soprano Stafford Dean and Anne Howells Chorus Master Michael Lepore [Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1954-74] Actor/Narrator Werner Klemperer Actor/Director Sam Wanamaker Actor/Director Frank Galati Director Sir Peter Hall Director John Copley Director Harry Silverstein Director Dominic Missimi Director Arthur Masella Director Robert Tannenbaum Director Rhoda Levine Director/Translator Richard Pearlman Director and Soprano Patrick Bakman and Gloria Capone Director and Conductor Marc Verzatt and Lawrence Rapchak [Third of four interviews with Rapchak; links to the others are included] Director and Conductor Linda Brovsky and Joseph De Rugeriis [Second interview with De Rugeriis; link to the first is included] Director and Administrator Mary Zimmerman and Carl Ratner [Third of three interviews with Ratner; links to the others are included] Designer/Director Pier Luigi Samaritani Designer/Director John Pascoe Technical Director (later Deputy General Director and COO) Drew Landmesser [Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1987-2006, 2010 - ] Costume Director (Wardrobe Master) Hugh Pruett [Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1959-2000] Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Stan Dufford [San Francisco Opera, 1956-1968; Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1972-2000] Boy Soprano, later Administrator, and General Director William Mason [Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1954-2011] Publicist Danny Newman [Second of Two Interviews] Critic/Professor Thomas Willis [Chicago Tribune] Critic/Author Robert C. Marsh [Chicago Sun-Times] Critic/Author Bernard Jacobson [Chicago Daily News] Critic/Translator Andrew Porter [The New Yorker, and various British publications] Radio Host Karl Haas [Host of Adventures in Good Music] Musicologist Stanley Sadie [Editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians] Publisher Hans Heinsheimer [Universal Edition; Boosey & Hawkes; G. Schirmer] Lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky [Editor of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians] Editor/Broadcaster/Soporano Ruby Mercer [Founder and Editor of Opera Canada] Radio Commentator/Author George Jellinek [Host of The Vocal Scene] [Two Interviews] Recording Producer Wilma Cozart Fine [Mercury Records] Recording Producer Edward (Ted) Perry [Hyperion Records] Recording Producer James Ginsburg [Cedille Records] Recording Producer Robert von Bahr [BIS Records] Replica Builder J. Paul Barnett [Cannons and mechanism used in the 1812 Overture] Patron Paul Fromm [Fromm Music Foundation] CSO Brass Buddies Concert COT Good Soldier Schweik Interview with Conductor Nicholas Cleobury Woodstock Mozart Festival Interview with Violinist Maxim Vengerov Interview with Pianist Alexander Toradze Interview with Mezzo-Soprano Vesselina Kasarova Interview with Tenor Ramón Vargas 
Mezzo-Soprano Teresa Berganza [September, 1985] Bass Terry Cook [December, 1985] Soprano Marilyn Zschau [March, 1986] Director Nathaniel Merrill [June, 1986]* Quizmaster Edward Downes [September, 1986] Mezzo-Soprano Sharon Graham [December, 1986] Tenor Vasile Moldoveanu [March, 1987]* Conductor Max Rudolf [June, 1987]* Prompter Jane Klaviter [December, 1987]* Opera Manager/Author The Earl of Harewood [March, 1988] Opera Producer Boris Goldovsky [June, 1988] Soprano Ellen Shade [September, 1988] Opera Producer Robert Gay [December, 1988] Baritone Lenus Carlson [March, 1989]* Opera Manager Marc Belfort [June, 1989] Opera Manager Ardis Krainik [September, 1989] Opera Manager Glynn Ross [December, 1989] Bass William Warfield [March, 1990] Composer and Librettist/Director Lee Goldstein and Charles Kondek [June, 1990] Chorus Master David Stivender [September, 1990] Director Frank Corsaro [December, 1990] Opera Manager Martin Feinstein [March, 1991] Conductor Emerson Buckley [June, 1991] Historian/Scholar Philip Gossett [September, 1991] Director Robert Wilson [December, 1991] Mezzo-Soprano Jean Kraft [March, 1992]* Director Peter Sellars [June, 1992]* Composer Marvin David Levy [September, 1992] Soprano Sheri Greenawald [December, 1992] Tenor Neil Rosenshein [March, 1993] Baritone Peter Glossop [June, 1993]* Soprano Alpha Floyd [September, 1993] Director Sandro Sequi [December, 1993] Conductor/Director Sarah Caldwell [March, 1994] Librettist Harvey Hess [June, 1994]* Bass Jerome Hines [September, 1994] Captain of Supers Ken Recu [December, 1994] Director Bodo Igesz [March, 1995] Soprano Gianna Rolandi [June, 1995] Countertenor Jeffrey Gall [September, 1995] Soprano Kathryn Harries [March, 1996] Bass Eric Halfvarson [September, 1996] Tenor Paul Groves [June/September, 1998] Lighting Designer Duane Schuler [December, 1998] Soprano Laura Aikin [March, 1999] Bass Mark S. Doss [June, 1999] Tenor Thomas Moser [September, 2000] Composer Robert Ward [December, 2000] [Pulitzer Prize, 1962] Soprano Patricia Racette [March, 2001] Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham [June, 2001] Chorus Master Donald Palumbo [September, 2001] Baritone Alexandru Agache [December, 2001] Tenor George Shirley [March, 2002] Conductor Yakov Kreizberg [June, 2002] Soprano Leontina Vaduva [September, 2002] Baritone Rodney Gilfry [June, 2003] Tenor David Cangelosi [September/December, 2003] Soprano Sheryl Woods [March, 2004] Mezzo-Soprano Gillian Knight [June, 2004] Bass-Baritone John Del Carlo [December, 2005] Tenor Robin Leggate [June, 2006] Ballet Master Maria Tallchief [September, 2006] Soprano Andrea Gruber [March, 2007] Conductor Emmanuel Villaume [June, 2007] Designer John Conklin [September, 2007] Bass Franz Hawlata [March, 2008] Conductor Antonio Pappano [June, 2008] Director Harold Prince [September, 2008] Mezzo-Soprano Michelle DeYoung [December, 2008] Soprano June Anderson [2010 #1 & #2 (Double Issue)] Tenor Donald Kaasch [2010 #3 & #4 (Double Issue)] Soprano Barbara Bonney [2011 #1 & #2 (Double Issue)] Soprano Régine Crespin (Also in 2011 #1 & #2) Basso Buffo Paolo Montarsolo (Also in 2011 #1 & #2) Conductor Lorin Maazel [2011 #3 & #4 (Double Issue)] Baritone/Director Tito Gobbi [2012 #1] Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Margaret Harshaw [2012 #2] Composer Hugo Weisgall [2012 #3] Soprano Leonie Rysanek [2012 #4] Baritone Theodor Uppman [2013 #1] Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Grace Bumbry (Also Opera Scene March, 1983) [2013 #2] Tenor James King [2013 #3] Tenor James McCracken [2013 #4] Mezzo-Soprano Marilyn Horne [2014 #1] Soprano Licia Albanese (Also Massenet Newsletter July, 1989) [2014 #2] Soprano and Tenor Pierrette Alarie and Léopold Simoneau [Two Interviews with both singers together] Actor/Director Sir Peter Ustinov [2015 #1] Tenor John Aler [2015 #2] Bass-Baritone Donald Gramm (Also Massenet Newsletter July, 1985) [2015 #3] Composer Jack Beeson [2015 #4] Conductor Stewart Robertson [2016 #1] Soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs [2016 #2] Director John Cox [2016 #3] Baritone Cornell MacNeil [2016 #4] Composer Libby Larsen [2017 #1] Tenor Ian Bostridge [2017 #2] Conductor Riccardo Chailly [2017 #3] Baritone Piero Cappuccilli [2017 #4] Contralto Maureen Forrester [2018 #1] Vocal Coach Janine Reiss [2018 #2] Actor/Director Charles Nelson Reilly [2019 #1] Soprano Dawn Upshaw [2019 #2] Conductor/Composer Esa-Pekka Salonen [2020 #1] Tenor William Brown [2020 #2] Property Master Thomas Gilbert [Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1973-2011] [2021 #1] Bass-Baritone/Director Andrew Foldi [2021 #2] All Mozart, All the Time (January 26, 2001) The Heifetz Centennial (February 2, 2001) The Trojans at Orchestra Hall (February 9, 2001) Love & Music (February 16, 2001) Schubert Celebration on WFMT (February 23, 2001) Presenting Lawrence Rapchak (March 2, 2001) The Death of WNIB (March 9, 2001) Alfred Brendel at Orchestra Hall (April 13, 2001) Verdi Requiem at Orchestra Hall (April 20, 2001) Boulez and Uchida at Orchestra Hall (April 27, 2001) Bach Week in Evanston (May 4, 2001)
Heldenbariton Noel Tyl [October, 1980] Mezzo-Soprano Ruža Baldani [December, 1980] Conductor Marek Janowski [Two Interviews] [January & March, 1981 (Two Parts)] Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Janis Martin [April, 1981] (Also Opera Scene, October, 1982) Bass Hans Sotin [June, 1981] (Also Opera Scene, October, 1982) Mezzo-Contralto Geraldine Decker [Summer, 1981] Article about Producer Gian Carlo Menotti (with quotes from my interview) [Summer, 1981] Tenor Hermann Winkler [September, 1981] Tenor William Johns [November, 1981] Conductor James Levine [December, 1981] (Also Opera Scene, July, 1982) "The First Digital Tristan; A Talk with the Maestro, the Hero and the Boss" [February, 1982] Baritone Thomas Stewart [Two Interviews] [March, 1982] Mezzo-Soprano Yvonne Minton [Two Interviews] [May, 1982] Tenor David Gordon [May, 1982] (Also Opera Scene, November, 1982) Soprano Johanna Meier [Summer, 1982] Bass-Baritone Tom Krause [December, 1982] Conductor Ferdinand Leitner [January, 1983] Bass-Baritone Simon Estes [April, 1983] Bass-Baritone Siegmund Nimsgern [July, 1983] (Also Opera Scene, April, 1983) Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom [August, 1983] Conductor Erich Leinsdorf [Two Interviews] [June, 1984] Soprano Eva Marton [Two Interviews] [November, 1984] "Wagner in Chicago Before Lyric -- The Resident Companies at Home and on Tour 1910-1946" [March, 1985] Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Helga Dernesch [July, 1985] Mezzo-Soprano Nadine Denize [October, 1985] Bass Don Garrard [March, 1986] Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Rose Bampton [April, 1986] "Seattle and the New Ring" [Summer, 1986] Tenor Jon Vickers [October, 1986] Conductor Sir John Pritchard [February, 1987] [Second of three interviews; links to the others are included] Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Martha Mödl [March, 1987] Baritone Julian Patrick [July, 1987] Conductor Edwin McArthur [September, 1987] Soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow [December, 1987] Conductor Maurice Abravanel [January, 1988] (Also Massenet Newsletter, July, 1986) Bass Giorgio Tozzi [March, 1988] Bass Kurt Moll [May, 1988] Conductor Christopher Keene [September, 1988] Director August Everding [October, 1988] Baritone Roger Roloff [February, 1989] Soprano Birgit Nilsson [Summer, 1989] Bass William Wildermann [December, 1989] Bass-Baritone Archie Drake [April, 1990] Administrator/Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler [September, 1990] Conductor Hermann Michael [May, 1991] Tenor Jean Cox [January, 1992] Conductor Michel Plasson [January, 1982] Tenor Alfredo Kraus [July, 1982] (Also Opera Scene, August, 1982) Conductor Jean Fournet [January, 1983] Conductor Julius Rudel [July, 1983] Massenet, Mary Garden, and the Chicago Opera 1910-1932 [January, 1984] Tenor André Jobin [June, 1984] Soprano Valerie Masterson [January, 1985] Mezzo-Soprano Alicia Nafé [July, 1985] Bass-Baritone Donald Gramm [July, 1985] (Also The Opera Journal, 2015, #3) Soprano Bidú Sayão [January, 1986] Baritone Martial Singher [January, 1986] Mezzo-Soprano Lucia Valentini Terrani [January, 1986] Soprano Helen Jepson [July, 1986] Conductor Maurice Abravanel [July, 1986] (Also Wagner News, January, 1988) Conductor/Composer Manuel Rosenthal [January, 1987] Mezzo-Soprano Kathleen Kuhlmann [January, 1987] Soprano Dorothy Kirsten [July, 1987] Tenor Barry McCauley [July, 1987] Historian Anne Bessand-Massenet [January, 1988] Mezzo-Soprano Susanne Mentzer [Two Interviews] [January, 1988] Tenor Jerry Hadley [Two Interviews] [July, 1988] Mezzo-Soprano Wendy White [January, 1989] Baritone William Parker [January, 1989] Soprano Licia Albanese [July 1989] (Also The Opera Journal, 2014, #2) Baritone Sherrill Milnes [Two Interviews] [January, 1990] Soprano Sunny Joy Langton [January, 1990] Soprano and Conductor Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge [July, 1990] Soprano Catherine Malfitano [January, 1991] Soprano Renata Scotto [July, 1991] Baritone Dale Duesing [January, 1992] Soprano Jarmila Novotná [June, 1992] Tenor Jacque Trussel [January, 1993] Soprano Faith Esham [July, 1993] Soprano and Bass Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiaurov [Two Interviews] [September, 1984] Baritone J. Patrick Raftery [November, 1984] Baritone Benjamin Luxon [January, 1986] Conductor/Pianist Daniel Barenboim [Two Interviews] [March, 1986] Mezzo-Soprano Mignon Dunn [May, 1986] Composer Steve Reich [Two Interviews] [July, 1986] Tenor Francisco Araiza [Two Interviews] [September, 1986] Director/Manager Lotfi Mansouri [November, 1986] Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas [First of Two Interviews; link to the second is included] [March, 1987] Composer Donald Erb [Pulitzer Finalist, 1995] [1987, but unpublished due to the demise of this magazine] Director Sonja Frisell [1987, but unpublished due to the demise of this magazine] Soprano Ruth Welting [May, 1982] Conductor Bruno Bartoletti [Three Interivews] [May, 1982] Tenor William Eichorn [July, 1982]** Conductor James Levine [July, 1982] (Also Wagner News, December, 1981) Bass Paul Plishka [Two Interviews] [August, 1982] Tenor Alfredo Kraus [August, 1982] (Also Massenet Newsletter, July, 1982) Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Janis Martin [October, 1982] (Also Wagner News, April, 1981) Bass Hans Sotin [October, 1982] (Also Wagner News, July, 1981) Soprano Josephine Barstow [November, 1982] Tenor David Gordon [November, 1982]** (Also Wagner News, May, 1982) Baritone Sesto Bruscantini [December, 1982] Comprimario Tenor Florindo Andreolli [December, 1982] Soprano Elena Mauti-Nunziata [January, 1983] Tenor Giuliano Ciannella [January, 1983] Artistic Director Alan Stone [Founder of the Chicago Opera Theater] [Four Interviews] [February, 1983] Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Grace Bumbry [March, 1983] (Also The Opera Journal, 2013 #2) Tenor Gualtiero Negrini [March, 1983]** Bass-Baritone Siegmund Nimsgern [April, 1983] (Also Wagner News, July, 1983) Conductor Joseph De Rugeriis [April, 1983]** (First of two interviews; link to the other is included) Mezzo-Soprano Claudine Carlson [May, 1983] Soprano Michelle Harman Gulick [May, 1983]**
