William Henry Curry

William Henry Curry is an American conductor and composer. Since 2009 he has been the Music Director of Durham Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted more than 40 orchestras . He was born in Pittsburgh and started conducting and composing at the age of 14.[1]

Biography

Professional career

William Curry has conducted, inter alia, Indianapolis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, NC Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.[2] He has won the Stokowski award for conductors.[3] In 2019, he collaborated with Composer Rajan Somasundaram for the classical Tamil poetry, Yathum Oore (Circa 200B.C.), the theme song of 10th World Tamil Conference.[4]

References
  1. "William Curry NPR Radio Interview: Born to conduct".
  2. "William Curry Interview in LA Times".
  3. "NY Times: William Curry wins Stokowski award".
  4. Yathum Oore Anthem
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