David Amram: Global Folkloric Roots July 29, 2008

Long acknowledged as a pioneer of World Music, virtuoso, performer, brilliant conductor and composer of uncompromising originality since the 1950s, David Amram's compositions and his unique approach to music are now finding a worldwide audience. He has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works, written many scores for Broadway theater and film, including the classic scores for the films 'Splendor in The Grass' and 'The Manchurian Candidate'; two operas, including the ground-breaking Holocaust opera 'The Final Ingredient'; and the score for the landmark 1959 documentary 'Pull My Daisy,' narrated by novelist Jack Kerouac. He is also the author of three books, Vibrations, an autobiography; 'Offbeat: Collaborating With Kerouac, a memoir'; and 'Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat,' published in 2007 by Paradigm Publishers.