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Jeanine Tesori, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson, [1] (born November 10, 1961) [1] is an American composer and musical arranger best known for her work in the theater. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway musicals and six Tony Award nominations. [2] .
Dec 29, 2021 · Dec. 29, 2021. Jeanine Tesori can take apart music and put it back together as well as any composer who’s put note to paper. She can write a recitative worthy of Janacek, or a pop tune that...
Nov 13, 2022 · Jeanine Tesori is the Tony-winning composer behind "Shrek The Musical," "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Fun Home." "Kimberly Akimbo" is her second collaboration with the playwright David...
American musical theatre composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor Jeanine Tesori (b. 1961, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson) has been thrice nominated for Tony Awards® for her Broadway scores: Twelfth Night (1998) at Lincoln Center, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) at the Marquis, and Caroline, or Change (2004) at the Eugene O ...
Jul 3, 2023 · Video: How Jeanine Tesori Became the Most-Awarded Female Composer in Broadway History. The composer began by subbing in orchestra pits. Now she's won two Tony Awards for her musicals. By...
Dec 29, 2021 · Dec. 29, 2021. Jeanine Tesori’s music is well represented on record and streaming services. Still to come: Pentatone Records will release an album of her first full-length opera, “Blue,” in...
Jan 7, 2022 · JEANINE TESORI is a composer of musical theater, opera, television and film. She won the Tony Award for Best Score (with bookwriter & lyricist, Lisa Kron) for the musical Fun Home. Her other musicals include Caroline, or Change (with Tony Kushner), Shrek the Musical (with David Lindsay-Abaire), Thoroughly Modern Millie (with Dick Scanlan ...
Nov 3, 2022 · This month, we spoke with Jeanine Tesori, the most awarded female theatrical composer in history. She represents half of the first all-female writing team to win the Tony Award for Best...
Feb 15, 2023 · Known primarily for her work composing for musicals, Jeanine Tesori is an incredibly exciting contemporary composer with a widely accessible musical style. With a few operas under her belt, Tesori’s most recent major opera, Blue , poses an exciting and poignant story with a brutally emotional centre.
Apr 1, 2023 · Composer Jeanine Tesori: ‘I want to write about subjects missing in the operatic canon’. The American’s new work ‘Blue’ tackles racism and police violence, part of a trend of operas engaging...
