Richard Danielpour began his music residency at an isolated retreat for composers the day before 9/11. On the second day of his residency, the UCLA composition professor called his music editor’s office in downtown New York to find out how long he had to finish editing his latest piece, “An American Requiem.” He was met with screams on the other end of the line and spent the next 40 minutes listening to a woman from his music editor’s office telling him about the plane that had flown over her head and crashed into the World Trade Center. Read more...
Photo: Professor Richard Danielpour has been nominated for two Grammys for his composition “Songs of Solitude” and his album “Songs of Solitude & War Songs.” Danielpour wrote “Songs of Solitude” while on an isolated retreat in New York in reaction to 9/11. (ChengCheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
