Q & A with Composer John Corigliano

Starting in the mid-1940s, a young John Corigliano spent a lot of time at Carnegie Hall. His father, John Corigliano, Sr., was a world-famous solo violinist and concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. During the Philharmonic's concerts, Corigliano was "too nervous to be in the hall," he recalls. Instead, he would listen, breathlessly, over a small speaker in the green room. Even at age 7, he says, "I knew when the difficult passages were coming and would tense up." His nervousness didn't fade with age.Read more at...Overture, Spring 2008.