Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Celebrated composer John Harbison talks with American Public Media's Emily Reese about his work and career. (September 18, 2013)
John Harbison is the recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's prestigious "genius" award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities. He is considered to be "original, varied, and absorbing — relatively easy for audiences to grasp and yet formal and complex enough to hold our interest through repeated hearings — his style boasts both lucidity and logic" (Fanfare). Harbison is also a gifted commentator on the art and craft of composition.
Celebrated composer John Harbison talks with American Public Media's Emily Reese about his work and career. (September 18, 2013)
John Harbison is the recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's prestigious "genius" award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities. He is considered to be "original, varied, and absorbing — relatively easy for audiences to grasp and yet formal and complex enough to hold our interest through repeated hearings — his style boasts both lucidity and logic" (Fanfare). Harbison is also a gifted commentator on the art and craft of composition.
