James Rolfe
Composer
1961 –
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Who is James Rolfe?
James Simon Rolfe is one of Canada's leading composers of contemporary music.
Rolfe was born in Ottawa. He studied composition with John Beckwith at the University of Toronto and Jo Kondo in Japan. Rolfe was the President of the Canadian League of Composers and has won numerous awards for his music, most recently the 2006 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music and the 2009 SOCAN Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award. Rolfe lives in Toronto with his wife Juliet Palmer, who is also a composer.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1961
Ottawa - Also known as
- James Simon Rolfe
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Master of Music, University of Toronto
( - 1984) - Master of Arts, Princeton University
( - 1999)
- Master of Music, University of Toronto
- Lived in
- Toronto
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on July 23, 2013
Modified by SuperQuotes
on September 10, 2023
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