Comments about David Sheinfeld:
 

"David Sheinfeld is an incomparable master of the orchestra, and of instrumental writing generally, whose compositions are full of big and striking and altogether original ideas, compellingly and effectively realized.  His works derive from a free ranging and exuberant musical fantasy that is always under the control of a superb and masterful craftsman."

American Academy of Arts and Letters
[In presenting David Sheinfeld the Award in Music]

"David really has a brilliant mind, a genius--even though that word is so overused in the U.S.  He reminds me of composers of the romantic era, with his breadth of knowledge in terms of music, astronomy, the visual arts. It's sophisticated and very thoroughly composed.. . .He's the real thing, someone we'll be playing in a hundred years and someone, in his dedication, who embodies the artistic tradition."

Kent Nagano, conductor

"Well into his 10th decade, this man of bright, burning light seems very much like one of his favorite particles of primal energy, "you know, scientists can measure the electron," explains Sheinfeld with delight." But it's never exactly in the place where they expect it to be."

John Krich, San Francisco Examiner

 [Memories of Yesterday and Today] "There was a nice turnabout at the opening program of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. . . The oldest of the six composers represented came up with the wildest piece [David Sheinfeld] , the youngest was the most cautious."

Robert Commanday, San Francisco Chronicle

 [Dreams and Fantasies] "It was a successful premiere of a provocative, original work on a thoroughly splendid program. . . .In a dazzling sequence, Dream episodes that are deliberately vague and changeable, alternate with Fantasies based on single ideas.. .  .[The composition] is clearly articulated and always arresting.  It is exactly the kind of music that wants and merits repeating."

Robert Commanday, San Francisco Chronicle

 [String Quartet No. 1] "There was an embarrassment of riches Monday evening as the San Francisco Camber Music Society presented a most unusual concert . . .[String Quartet No. 1] was a fine, effective piece which was absorbing from the first note to last.  One hopes to see it as repertory, and soon."

Heuwell Tircuit, San Francisco Chronicle

 "Without question David Sheinfeld has been the most important influence in my own creative education.  His deep and interdisciplinary approach to the universal elements of form, structure and artistry has allowed me an exploration into the very heart of creative genius.  He is truly a Master of his art."

Bettina Gray
Host, The Creative Mind (PBS Television Series)

 

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