James Yannatos
- Composer
- Music Department
James Yannatos studied composition with Nadia Boulanger, Luigi
Dallapiccola, Philip Bezanson, Darius Milhaud, and Paul Hindemith in
composition and conducting with William Steinberg and Leonard
Bernstein. He holds degrees from Yale University (B.M., M.M.) and the
University of Iowa (1974). He has been active as a violinist, composer,
and conductor. Since 1964, he has been the music director of the
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra at Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA. His music has been performed around the world and
he has written works in all forms: symphonies, concertos, oratorios,
chamber works, a television cartoon opera, and an extensive set of
songs for elementary school children. His television music also
includes scores for Nova's "City of Coral", and Metromedia's "Assassins
Among Us."