Discipline: Music Composition

Russell Steinberg

Discipline: Music Composition
Region: Encino, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2002
More: www.russellsteinberg.com
Russell Steinberg received a Ph.D. in music from Harvard University, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and a B.A. from UCLA. He studied composition most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss. His works include solo, chamber, orchestra, and film music, and are performed worldwide. He conducts the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra and performs on both piano and classical guitar. He inspires audiences to deepen their passion for classical music through engaging preconcert talks for the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall, an annual lecture series,and several online musical subjects.

Studios

Irving Fine

Russell Steinberg 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…

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