Max Stern wrote his first symphony at MacDowell during residencies in 1973 and 1975. This work was recorded by the Jerusalem Symphony under conductor David Robertson and released on CD and YouTube. Composer, performer, conductor, musicologist, music critic, and educator, he relocated to Israel in 1976 and created a rich genre of biblical compositions blending East and West with contemporary idioms and genres. His music has been recognized for eloquence and warmth, and has been called “expressive, authentic and original, touching the past, and breaking into the future.” It has been released on 19 CDs. Stern has won prizes from the Israel Composers' League, Japanese Society for Contemporary Music, and International Epicmusic Composition Prize in Italy. He is the author of the books The Speech of the Angels, Bible & Music, and Psalms & Music.
Max Stern
Studios
Irving Fine
Max Stern worked in the Irving Fine studio.
Youngstown Studio was given to MacDowell by friends of Miss Myra McKeown in Youngstown, OH, where she promoted both art and music. It was renamed Irving Fine Studio in 1972 in honor of Irving Fine, a distinguished composer, conductor, and teacher who was a MacDowell Fellow during the 1940s and 1950s. The simple interior of the studio…