Michael Djupstrom (born 1980) is an American composer. Born in

St. Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center o ...

, he grew up in White Bear Lake,

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

. After completing undergraduate and graduate studies in composition at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, Djupstrom moved to

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

where he completed an Artist Diploma at the

Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship. Hi ...

. His music has garnered many awards, and is published by Bright Press and

Boosey & Hawkes Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and woodwind musical instruments. Formed in 1930 throu ...

. His composition teachers include

Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Award for Best Contempora ...

Richard Danielpour Richard Danielpour (born January 28, 1956) is an American composer. Early life Danielpour was born in New York City of Persian Jewish descent and grew up in New York City and West Palm Beach, Florida. He studied at Oberlin College and the New En ...

Bright Sheng Bright Sheng (Chinese: 盛宗亮 pinyin: ''Shèng Zōngliàng''; born December 6, 1955) is a Chinese-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Sheng has earned many honors for his music and compositions, including a MacArthur Fellowship in ...

and

Betsy Jolas Elizabeth Jolas (born 5 August 1926) is a Franco-American composer. Biography Jolas was born in Paris in 1926. Her mother, the American translator Maria McDonald, was a singer. Her father, the poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited ...

, among others.

Awards

*2002 – ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize *2002 – Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize, Ithaca College *2003, 2004 – ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award *2004 – William Schuman Prize, BMI Foundation *2005 – ASCAP/ Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition, 3rd prize *2005 – Music Teachers National Association - Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year *2006 – Great Wall International Composition Competition, 1st Prize & Audience Prize, Chinese Fine Arts Society *2010 – Charles Ives Fellowship,

The American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Its fixed number membership is elected for lifetime appointments. Its headqua ...

American Academy of Arts and Letters – Award Winners
*2012 –

American Viola Society The American Viola Society (AVS) is an organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas that encourages excellence in performance, pedagogy, research, composition, and lutherie by fostering communication and friendship among violists of all skill levels, ...

's Maurice Gardner Composition Competition grand prize winner for ''Walimai'' *2012 – Delius International Composition Prize *2013 – Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition winner for ''Scène et Pas de deux'' *2013 – Grand Prize, Washington Awards, S&R Foundation *2014 – Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

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* American male composers 21st-century American composers Living people 1980 births University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Pew Fellows in the Arts Curtis Institute of Music alumni Musicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota People from White Bear Lake, Minnesota 21st-century American male musicians {{US-composer-20thC-stub