DOUGLAS J CUOMO
Genres: Third Stream, Jazz Related Soundtracks • United States

Country of origin: United States of America Birthday: February 13, 1958 from www.schott-music.com Douglas J. Cuomo has composed for the concert, operatic and theatrical stage, a well as for television and film. His expressive musical language, with its arresting juxtapositions of sound and style, is a natural outgrowth of his wide-ranging background and training. A professional guitarist while still in his teens, he alternated years of college – studying jazz, world music and ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and University of Miami– with years on the road playing in jazz, pop and funk bands. His chamber and orchestra works include: a raft, the sky, the wild sea, a concerto for the jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano, for The London Philharmonic, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Winston-Salem Symphony; Seven Limbs for the Aizuri String Quartet and guitarist Nels Cline, premiered as livestreams for UCLA Center for Performing Arts, Moss Arts Center and read more...