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Earl Kim was especially admired for his vocal works. Versed in several languages, he selected texts by authors like Baudelaire...and his favorite, Samuel Beckett.” |
Earl Kim received commissions from the Fromm, Koussevitzky and Naumburg Foundations, from the University of Chicago, and Boston University, from the Ingram Merrill and Guggenheim Foundations and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Awards received include the Prix de Paris, National Institute of Arts and Letters award, Brandeis Creative Arts Medal and the Mark Horblitt Award of the Boston Symphony. Earl served terms as Composer-in-Residence at the Princeton Seminar in Advanced Musical Studies and at the Marlboro, Dartmouth, Tanglewood, Cape and Islands, and Aspen Music Festivals. In addition to his work as a composer and teacher, he was active as a pianist (including lieder recitals with Bethany Beardslee, Benita Valente and Dawn Upshaw), vocal coach and conductor, and was a co-founder and past president of Musicians Against Nuclear Arms. --Obituary published in "Town Topics" Princeton, New Jersey December 2, 1998 |
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American Composer Earl Kim died at the age of 78 after having been diagnosed with lung cancer. He served his country in a distinguished career as a US Army Air Force Combat Intelligence Officer during World War II. He flew over the ruins of Nagasaki one day after the atomic bomb was dropped. When he returned from their flight, the US Army administered x-rays for six to seven months. Perhaps the massive radiation exposure cut his life short. Today, the magic of Earl Kim's music lives on, through recordings, live performances of his works and his own recorded interviews discovered from private archives and presented in the documentary film "Earl.". Join our effort to keep his legacy alive by making a contribution of time and resources to our project. Thank you.
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