Anthony Korf

Anthony Korf (born 1951 in New York City) is an American composer, artistic director and conductor. While his output comprises an appreciable variety of instrumental and vocal forces, his primary focus has been the orchestra, among which Goldkind, a work for young audiences written in collaboration with Sabina Sciubba (Brazilian Girls), three symphonies, a piano concerto and a requiem, the latter commissioned and premiered by The San Francisco Symphony, figure most prominently. Other commissions include The American Composers Orchestra, The Koussevitzky Music Foundation, The Howard Hanson Fund, and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Korf currently serves as Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence for Riverside Symphony (New York City), a professional orchestra he co-founded with the conductor George Rothman in 1981. In 1974 Korf founded Parnassus, a New York-based contemporary music ensemble which he led as conductor and Artistic Director for 27 seasons. The ensemble performed an annual Manhattan-based series, concertized in the Northeast, and recorded for CRI, New World and Koch International records.

Korf was born in New York City and has lived there ever since, excepting an interval in Los Angeles from ages five through 17. He earned his Bachelors and master's degree in Performance (percussion) at Manhattan School of Music (MSM). While Korf studied timpani and percussion with Fred Hinger and James Preiss, he developed a strong interest in composing and conducting in his graduate years, inspired by playing under Harvey Sollberger and Charles Wuorinen as a member of the conservatory’s student new music ensemble. This led to Korf’s formation of Parnassus upon graduation from MSM, the ensemble’s first project being a recording of Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat for Music Minus One label.

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