The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed composer Paul Moravec, who grew up in Princeton, as artist-in-residence.
As the institute’s resident composer, he will introduce new works and lead the Institute’s annual concert series. His term begins July 1.
The recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in music, Mr. Moravec has composed more than 90 orchestral, chamber, choral, lyric, film and electro-acoustic compositions.
"Paul Moravec comes to the institute with a great body of achievement, which has been widely recognized," commented Peter Goddard, director of the Institute for Advanced Study. "He will build upon and develop our artist-in-residence program, which has established a strong reputation as a promoter of challenging and provocative music and music scholarship, while also utilizing this opportunity for growth in his own work," he said.
"I am delighted and privileged to participate in the life of this incomparably prestigious institution," Mr. Moravec stated. "In addition to directing the IAS concert series, I will be composing my first major opera as well as a new piece for the Orpheus Orchestra. And inasmuch as I was raised in Princeton during the late ’60s, I regard this residency as a kind of homecoming."
Mr. Moravec was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2004 for "Tempest Fantasy," a 30-minute "musical meditation" on Shakespeare’s play scored for clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Moravec attended The Lawrenceville School and received his bachelor’s degree in music composition from Harvard University in 1980. After graduation, he won a Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome. Upon obtaining both his master’s and doctorate degrees in music composition from Columbia University, he went on to teach at Columbia University and later at Dartmouth and Hunter colleges. He is currently university professor at Adelphi University.

