John Corigliano On Composing At 80: 'An Adagio Is What I Look For'
With a Pultizer, an Oscar, five Grammys and over 100 works to his credit, the American composer is still hard at work.
John Corigliano is one of America's most acclaimed composers. He's won a Pulitzer, an Oscar and five Grammys, and he's still hard at work, having turned 80 on Feb. 16.
Corigliano grew up with stage fright, even when he wasn't the one taking the stage. His father, violinist John Corigliano Sr., spent 26 years as the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. Corigliano remembers many performances
