Composer John Corigliano speaks on HIV/AIDS

One of this generation’s outstanding composers, John Corigliano, will come to Concordia on Monday, Feb. 16, to speak “Of Rage and Remembrance: AIDS and the Creative Process.”

Corigliano won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Symphony No. 2, which he created as composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1987-1990.

The symphony, an impassioned response to the AIDS crisis, has been played by orchestras around the world. The Montreal Symphony Orchestra will perform the symphony on Feb. 17 and 18, introduced by the composer, and Concordia students will be invited to the rehearsal on the previous day.

His lecture, part of the ongoing Concordia University Community Lecture Series on HIV/AIDS, will touch on the origin of the AIDS symphony and the creative process in general.

Corigliano has won many other awards, including a Grammy for his Symphony No. 1, and a Canadian Genie for his score for the film The Red Violin.

His lecture will be given at 6 p.m. in Room H-110 of the Hall Building.