Richard Danielpour

Born in the middle of an overwhelmingly diverse musical century, Richard Danielpour established himself as an innovator of a different sort: one who works within a musical inheritance and seeks originality in the poignancy of expression rather than the novelty of method. Danielpour's accessibility has elicited criticism; one prominent reviewer derided his allegiance to "the dictatorship of the past." While resisting the facile categorization "neo-Romantic" and likewise respecting the 20th century's great musical mavericks, Danielpour has embraced his role as a composer "between revolutions." Songs in Three Languages, a recording of several Danielpour vocal works, appeared in 2024.