Jay Reise

The music of 2015 Newburyport Chamber Music Festival Composer-in-Residence Jay Reise has been performed extensively in the United States and abroad. His orchestral works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra and recent performances of chamber music have taken place in Cuba and Abu Dhabi. Mr. Reise has received many awards andfellowships including two from the National Endowment for the Arts as well asthe Guggenheim, Fromm, and Rockefeller Foundations. His opera Rasputin, commissioned by Beverly Sills and theNew York City Opera, was described in The Washington Times as "a spellbinding, challenging and profoundly beautiful creation." Rasputin was given its Russian premiere in Moscow by the Helikon Opera, received its Paris premiere by Opéra deMassy, and was presented at the Estonia Saaremaa Opera Festival in 2012. Jay Reise is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department at the University of Pennsylvania.