Full Name: Roger Huntington Sessions
Profession: Composer and Musicologist
Nationality: 
American
Biography: Won a Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition "Concerto for Orchestra".
Born: December 28, 1896
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Capricorn
Historical Events
- 1927-04-22 Roger Sessions' 1st Symphony in E premieres with Serge Koussevitzky conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- 1947-01-09 Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony premieres in San Francisco with Pierre Monteux conducting the San Francisco Symphony,
- 1957-12-06 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in Boston with Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony
- 1960-01-02 Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, in honor of the Minnesota Centennial, premieres by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti
- 1964-02-07 Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony premieres in Philadelphia with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
- 1964-04-19 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West Berlin, Germany
- 1967-10-01 Roger Sessions' 7th Symphony premieres in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- 1968-05-02 Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony premiers in New York City with William Steinberg conducting the New York Philharmonic
- 1974-05-06 American composer Roger Sessions receives special Pulitzer Prize for his life's work in music
- 1977-03-04 Roger Sessions' 6th Symphony premieres (in fully completed form) in New York City with José Serebrier conducting the Juilliard Orchestra
- 1980-01-17 Roger Sessions' 9th Symphony, his last, premieres in Syracuse, New York with Christopher Keene conducting the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
- 1981-10-23 "Concerto for Orchestra" by American composer Roger Sessions premieres with Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra
- 1982-04-12 American composer Roger Sessions receives Pulitzer Prize for Music, for his "Concerto for Orchestra"
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