BIOGRAPHY
Peter Golub
Peter Golub (composer for The Idiots Karmamazov) is the composer of numerous works for the theater, film, ballet, and concert hall. Most recently, he composed music for Demonology and The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. His musical, Amphigorey, with stories and design by Edward Gorey, was performed at the American Repertory Theater in 1992 and was nominated for a 1994 Drama Desk Award. For ten years he was composer-in-residence at Charles Ludlam's legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company in Greenwich Village and wrote music for such classics as The Mystery of Irma Vep, Reverse Psychology, and Galas. His music was used in the successful West End production of Irma Vep and continues to be used at regional theaters throughout the country in this often-performed work. Golub's music has appeared frequently at the New York Shakespeare Festival in such Central Park productions as Othello, Twelfth Night, and Henry IV. For many years, he worked with noted director Joseph Chaikin (Re-arrangements, Tourists and Refugees) and with performance artist Ethyl Eichelberger (Ariadne Obnoxious, Dilbert in Love). He also composed music for productions at the Roundabout, La Mama, the Joyce, the Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Theatre for the New City, and the Magic Theatre.
Golub composed music for the film English Only (produced by Universal), Lost (the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women), and the British TV film The Cat Brought It In. He served as dance-music arranger on The Addams Family, and conducted and orchestrated the films Poison and Swoon.
Golub was commissioned by Edward Villella to compose The Lost World for the Miami City Ballet. He wrote The Gilded Bat, with story and designs by Edward Gorey, for Ballet West; the work was performed at the Kennedy Center. He also composed scores for the Atlanta Ballet, the Milwaukee Ballet, the Cincinnati Ballet, and Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens.
His concert works have been performed by Tashi, the Brooklyn Philharmonia with Lukas Foss conducting, Promusica Chamber Orchestra, Da Capo Chamber Players, Musical Element, the Jubal Trio, the Gemini Duo, and numerous other chamber groups and soloists. Performances have taken place at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wigmore Hall (in London), the Frankfurt Opera House, and others.
Golub is the recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship, given by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and grants from the NEA, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Meet-the-Composer. He is currently the director of the Sundance Composers Lab.