Alexander Rapoport

Alexander Rapoport began his musical apprenticeship at an early age under the guidance of his Father Anatol Rapoport, himself an accomplished concert pianist. It was not until the age of eighteen, entering Vienna’s Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Musik Universität) that he began formal training in both traditional and contemporary composition. Graduating with his diploma in 1982 he continued his studies in Toronto receiving his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Toronto.

His teachers and mentors include Augustin Kubizek, Karl Heinz Füssl. Oskar Morawetz, Lothar Klein and Derek Holman.  In addition to receiving commissions in the traditional genres of orchestral, chamber and choral music he has also worked in the diverse media of film scoring, incidental music for live theatre and musical comedy. His Children’s Opera Dragon on the Rocks received its début by the Canadian children’s Opera Chorus in April 2008. His works have been performed by The Toronto Sinfonietta, the Talisker Players, the Orilia Opera House, Judy Lowman, Meredith Hall, Simon Fryer, and Valery Tryon.

At the University of Toronto Rapoport holds a cross-appointment, teaching both at the Faculty of Music and in the Division of Humanities at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.

He is married to Toronto violist, violinist and author Katherine Rapoport.