Marc Neikrug

{{short description|American classical composer}}

Marc Edward Neikrug{{Cite book|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|last=Randel|first=Don Michael|author-link=Don Michael Randel|publisher=Harvard University Press|pages=631}} (born September 24, 1946) is a contemporary American composer, pianist, and conductor. He was born in New York City, the son of cellists George Neikrug and Olga Zundel. He is best known for a Piano Concerto (1966), the theater piece Through Roses (1980), and the opera Los Alamos (1988). Among his notable recent compositions are the orchestral song cycle Healing Ceremony (2010), his Concerto for Orchestra (2012), a Bassoon Concerto (2013), and the Canta-Concerto (2014).{{cite web |last=Oteri |first=Frank J. |title=Marc Neikrug: An Outlet For Emotional Experience |work=NewMusicBox |date=March 1, 2014 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/marc-neikrug-an-outlet-for-emotional-experience/ |access-date=July 10, 2015}}{{cite web|last=Klein|first=Alvin|author-link=Alvin Klein|title=Theater; Music Is Subtext In 'Through Roses'|work=The New York Times|date=May 10, 1987|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/10/nyregion/theater-music-is-subtext-in-through-roses.html|access-date=July 10, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Bratskeir |first=Kate |title=Marc Neikrug, 'Healing Ceremony' Composer, Talks The Power Of Music |work=The Huffington Post |date=May 23, 2013 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/marc-neikrug-healing-ceremony_n_3255029.html |access-date=July 10, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Kozinn |title=Every Instrument Has the Spotlight: The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall |work=The New York Times |date=April 27, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/arts/music/the-new-york-philharmonic-at-avery-fisher-hall.html |access-date=July 10, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Eichler |first=Jeremy |title=BSO, Svoboda unveil Neikrug's new bassoon concerto |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 22, 2013 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/11/22/review-rafael-fruhbeck-burgos-conducts-bso-thursday-symphony-hall/xnAndpkguubh7uDij1E9UN/story.html |access-date=July 10, 2015}}{{cite news |last=Midgette |first=Anne |author-link=Anne Midgette |title=NSO festival aims for fusion of symphony and dance at Kennedy Center |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 7, 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/nso-festival-aims-for-fusion-of-symphony-and-dance-at-kennedy-center/2014/05/07/b25ccbb4-d650-11e3-8a78-8fe50322a72c_story.html |access-date=July 10, 2015}} He studied with Giselher Klebe at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 1964 to 1968, and composition at Stony Brook University (M.M., 1971). In 1978 he was appointed consultant on contemporary music to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Since the late 1990s he has been artistic director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. He is also known for collaborations with violinist Pinchas Zukerman.