Joseph Turrin is an American composer. Highlights of his work include Hemispheres, commissioned for
Kurt Masur's final concert with the
New York Philharmonic in May 2002 and taken on tour by Masur and the orchestra to Europe and Asia in June 2002, his concertos for flute (commissioned for
Carol Wincence and the
New Jersey Symphony) and for trumpet (the latter commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for
Philip Smith, its principal trumpet, and conducted at its 1989 premiere by Erich Leinsdorf), the chamber works Riffs and Fanfares (The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center)…
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