WELCOME! MY WEBSITE IS BOTH A PORTAL TO MY OWN MUSIC AND A PORTAL TO GAIN DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL CLASSICAL MUSIC.
Deepen your knowledge and passion for classical music—
My Blog
My Video Lectures
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Russell’s Classical Consortium
Deepen your knowledge and passion for classical music—
My Blog
My Video Lectures
My Live Zoom Series
Russell’s Classical Consortium
Coming Soon
A complete catalog of my music with
scores, recordings, and program notes
ABOUT ME…
I am a Los Angeles-based composer with worldwide performances and a catalog of over 90 works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. I also conduct (the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra), perform (piano and classical guitar), and lecture (for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and for my ongoing series of classical music lectures on Zoom). My Ph.D. is from Harvard University, where I studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Leon Kirchner. I also have degrees from the New England Conservatory and UCLA.
My life is centered around composing and building a passion in people for classical music. Explore this website to learn about classical music through my lectures and blogs. Listen to my music or view my scores. Consider joining Russell’s Classical Consortium, a unique group of listeners from around the world who have become a community that gets together with me regularly on Zoom to discuss classical music. If you have questions or responses, feel free to email.
My Latest Composition
Diminished Resistance
for full Orchestra
It is no simple thing to preserve democracy. That is the idea behind my new dramatic orchestra overture Diminished Resistance. In every phrase, two distinct diminished chords fuse/clash against each other. They approach each other, they recede; they confront, they flee; they fret, they exult; they lament, they battle. It premieres this November 20 and 21 with the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra.
Listen
Jed Gaylin conducting the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra in Cosmic Dust
Read Science News: Celebrating 25 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope
Albany Records releases Trio Accento Debut CD featuring Paleface:
2020 Hanukkah psalm setting commissioned by the Judaic Sacred Music Foundation
Hilá Plitmann, Soprano
Tali Tadmor, Piano
Music composed and performed by Russell Steinberg
THE STORY BEHIND BEACH PEBBLES
Beach Pebbles is a large collection of short piano pieces in three volumes that take a journey back to feelings we first had for beauty and wonder in our world.
MY CLASSICAL COMMUNITY…
Russell’s Classical Consortium on Patreon is where we share our passion for classical music in weekly Zoom Hangouts, meet top musicians from around the world, and learn in workshops. This is the dream classical listening community I’ve envisioned to connect music lovers to performers, to each other, and TO THE MUSIC!
Monday Hangouts are on ZOOM at 5pm Pacific Time are where Russell’s Classical Consortium gathers to listen to music, to engage in entertaining and friendly discussion together, and to meet incredible professional musicians from around the world.