Christopher Trapani

Christopher Trapani was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned a a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard, then spent most of his twenties overseas: a year in London, working on a Master’s degree at the Royal College of Music with Julian Anderson; a year in Istanbul, studying microtonality in Ottoman music on a Fulbright grant; and seven years in Paris, where he studied with Philippe Leroux and worked at IRCAM. Christopher is currently based in New York City.

Christopher is the winner of the 2007 Gaudeamus Prize, the Julius F. Ježek Prize, and awards from ASCAP and BMI. His scores have been performed by the Nieuw Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and the JACK Quartet, amongst others.
Current projects include a new string quartet with electronics for Quatuor Béla and GRAME (Lyon), a microtonal guitar duo for O Mensch, and a commission for orchestra and electronics (IRCAM) for the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Festival Présences 2015.

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