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Marvin Hamlisch: on his career
Marvin Hamlisch: on what he's most proud of
Marvin Hamlisch: on what Pops means to him
Marvin Hamlisch: on composing, conducting, and performing
Backstage with the NSO: More with Marvin
Understanding the Music: Porter - the Cole Porter style : Cole Porter's stlye as discussed by Marvin Hamlisch
Broadway Up Close and Personal: Marvin Hamlisch : Join ASCAP's Michael Kerker for an intimate interview with Hamlisch, along with musical director Alex Rybeck and performances by Liz Callaway, Kevin Earley, and Karen Ziemba performing the composer's best.
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"Santa was an unannounced guest with the National Symphony Pops under the direction of Marvin Hamlisch."
Biography of Marvin Hamlisch
About the Artist
Marvin Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as substance.
As composer, Hamlisch has won virtually every major award that exists: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards; his groundbreaking show, A Chorus Line, received the Pulitzer Prize.
He is the composer of more than forty motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of scores for films include original compositions and/or musical adaptations for Sophie’s Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men and a Baby, Ice Castles, Take the Money and Run, Bananas and Save the Tiger.
His latest score is The Informant, starring Matt Damon, directed by Steven Soderbergh, released in September, 2009, and running now in area theaters. The score has drawn particular praise from film critics.
Marvin Hamlisch holds the position of principal pops conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and San Diego Symphony.
Mr. Hamlisch was Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand’s 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as of the television special, “Barbra Streisand: The Concert” (for which he received two of his Emmys).
Hamlisch is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree). He believes in the power of music to bring people together. “Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can.”
