John Corigliano
![Corigliano and [[Simone Young]] at the [[Juilliard School]]'s Piano Concerto Competition Finals in April 2023 in [[Alice Tully Hall]] where Corigliano's [[Piano Concerto (Corigliano)|Piano Concerto]] was played by Jack Gao.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/John_Corigliano_2023.jpg)
He is a former distinguished professor of music at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and part of the composition faculty at the Juilliard School. Corigliano is best known for his Symphony No. 1, a response to the AIDS epidemic, and his film score for François Girard's ''The Red Violin'' (1997), which he subsequently adapted as the 2003 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("The Red Violin") for Joshua Bell. Provided by Wikipedia