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First name: Tobias
Last name: Picker
Dates: 1954
Category: Doublebass
Nationality: American
Opus name: NOVA (1979)
Publisher: Schott
Peculiarities: http://tobiaspicker.com/portfolio/nova-2/
Information: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tobias Picker (born New York City, July 18, 1954) is an American composer. Picker began composing at the age of eight and studied at the Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School and Princeton University, where his principal teachers were Charles Wuorinen, Elliott Carter and Milton Babbitt. He received his first commissions while still in his late teens and quickly became established as one of America's most sought after young composers. By the age of thirty, Picker had earned numerous awards and honors including the Joseph H. Bearns Prize (Columbia University), a Charles Ives Scholarship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1992, he received the prestigious Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. From 1985–1990 Picker was the first composer-in-residence of the Houston Symphony. He has also served as composer-in-residence for such major international festivals as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Pacific Music Festival. Tobias Picker will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in May 2012. Tobias Picker’s music is published exclusively by Schott Music Corporation. Picker is diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome, and has mentioned that there are "tourettic" elements to his music. He also appeared in a BBC Horizon television documentary, titled Mad But Glad, about the link between Tourette's syndrome and creativity. He has been involved in mentoring programs for children with Tourette's. Picker's partner since 1980 has been Lambda Literary Award-winning author and neuroradiologist Aryeh Lev Stollman.