Tobias Picker

Tobias Picker
Born (1954-07-18) July 18, 1954 (age 70)
New York City, U.S.
Education
OccupationComposer
Years active1975–present
Websitetobiaspicker.com

Tobias Picker (born July 18, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and conductor,[1] noted for his orchestral works Old and Lost Rivers, Keys To The City, and The Encantadas, as well as his operas Emmeline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, An American Tragedy and Lili Elbe, among many other works.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Biography". Tobiaspicker.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
  2. ^ Matthew Gurewitsch (October 25, 2001). "A Soap Opera in Song". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 21, 2020. "Which has also attracted the notice of Tobias Picker, our finest composer for the lyric stage."
  3. ^ Andrew Porter (November 13, 1978). "Musical Events". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 21, 2020. A genuine creator with a fertile, unforced vein of invention.
  4. ^ Michael Kennedy; Joyce Bourne Kennedy (2007). "Picker, Tobias". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3. Retrieved September 21, 2020.