Kurt Rohde

Musician Kurt Rohde is Artistic Director of the Composers Conference and teaches Music Composition at the University of California Davis. Recipient of the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize, fellowships from the Radcliffe-Harvard Institute and Guggenheim Foundation, awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Barlow, Koussevitzky and Fromm Foundations, Rohde has spearheaded initiatives to create opportunities for gifted composers who do not have access to traditional paths to success.