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    David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings. [2] He plays piano, French horn, Spanish guitar, and pennywhistle, and sings. [3]

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  3. Composer, Conductor & Multi-instrumentalist. “David Amram is the Renaissance Man of American Music.” (The Boston Globe) "If you have not yet encountered this extraordinary man of music, you will marvel at his multiple gifts as a composer, conductor and solo instrumentalist."

  4. Dec 19, 2019 · Still flourishing at age eighty-nine, Amram has an impressive resume. As the New York Philharmonic’s first composer-in-residence, for which he was chosen by Leonard Bernstein, he has created funky jazz numbers as well as classical symphonies and concertos.

  5. David Amram. Composer: The Manchurian Candidate. David Amram has been described as "the Renaissance man of American music." He has composed over 100 orchestral and chamber works, written two operas, and many scores for theatre and films.

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  6. Pioneer of World Music since the late 1950s. Music Director for past 26 years of Brooklyn Philharmonic's "Young Peoples & Parks Concerts," combining Jazz, Latin & World Music with the Symphony, as Conductor, Narrator & Soloist.

  7. Aug 18, 2016 · David Amram might be the most accomplished composer of our times with the least amount of recognition. This is a man who has worked with so many 20th century icons that first names aren’t necessary: Bernstein, Copland, Monk, Gillespie, Mingus, Kerouac, Dylan and Seeger, just to name a few.

  8. Oct 8, 2012 · David Amram has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works and two operas, and his film scores include Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate. In 1966, Leonard Bernstein chose Amram to be the New York Philharmonic’s first composer-in-residence.

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