Lauridsen is described as "the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic, (whose) probing, serene work contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the impression that all the questions have been answered."
Photo courtesy: Morten Lauridsen
Morten Lauridsen is in Minnesota for the first time in 40 years. His music is featured in two performances this weekend with The Singers: Minnesota Choral Artists.
President Bush presented the 2007 National Medal of Arts to composer Morten Lauridsen "for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide."
Michael Stewart for the National Endowment for the Arts
Classical Minnesota Public Radio's Steve Staruch spoke with the composer.
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