Editing Jay Greenberg (composer) (section)

==Life and work==
Greenberg was born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. He caught the attention of the American media through the sponsorship of [[Juilliard]] instructor [[Samuel Zyman]] during a [[CBS News]] ''[[60 Minutes]]'' broadcast on November 28, 2004, when Greenberg was 12, and again in November 2006. Zyman told ''60 Minutes'', "We are talking about a prodigy of the level of the greatest prodigies in history, when it comes to composition. I am talking about the likes of [[Mozart]], and [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], and [[Camille Saint-Saëns|Saint-Saëns]]."<ref>Scott Pelley, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/22/60minutes/main2205521.shtml 'Blue Jay' Spreads His Wings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111153215/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/22/60minutes/main2205521.shtml |date=2013-11-11 }}, ''[[60 Minutes]]''</ref><ref>Scott Pelley, [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prodigy-12-compared-to-mozart/ "Prodigy, 12, Compared To Mozart,"]  ([[CBS News]]), November 24, 2004</ref>

Greenberg's primary composition instructor was [[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]].

He composes primarily on his computer using a [[music notation program]] and is mostly known for his work ''Overture to 9-11'' about the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]], which was featured on [[Public Radio International|PRI's]] ''[[From the Top]]''. On 9/11, he was living in [[Republic of Macedonia]] but has since returned to the United States. Neither his father, Robert Greenberg, a professor of [[Slavic languages]] at [[Yale University]] nor his [[Israel]]i-born mother have musical backgrounds, but Greenberg found himself attracted to music from an early age, having begun playing the cello when he was two years old.

Greenberg has said he hears the music performed inside his head, like many composers, and often several musical pieces simultaneously, and he is then able to simply [[Musical notation|notate]] what he has listened to, and rarely needs to make corrections to what he has notated.

The [[Sony Classical]] label released his first CD on August 15, 2006; it includes his Symphony No. 5 and String Quintet<ref>Barrymore Laurence Scherer, ''A History of American Classical Music''. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc. (2007): 227. "Prodigy Jay Greenberg (b. 1991) whose Fifth Symphony, begun when he was twelve, and String Quintet (both recorded in 2006), bespeak extraordinary gifts."</ref> as performed by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] under the direction of [[José Serebrier]] and by the [[Juilliard String Quartet]] with cellist [[Darrett Adkins]] respectively.<ref name = "Gurewitsch">Gurewitsch, Matthew (13 August 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/arts/music/13gure.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=print "Early Works of a New Composer (Very Early, in Fact)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201135639/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/arts/music/13gure.html?ref=arts&pagewanted=print |date=2017-12-01 }}. ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

On October 28, 2007, [[Joshua Bell]] gave the premiere of Greenberg's Violin Concerto at [[Carnegie Hall]], performing with the [[Orchestra of St. Luke's]].<ref>Steinberg, Martin (29 October 2007). [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/2007-10-29-82702994_x.htm "Premiere of teen composer's concerto"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110002614/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/2007-10-29-82702994_x.htm |date=2013-01-10 }}. ''[[USA Today]]''</ref>

The 2011 contemporary classical album [[Troika (Julia Kogan album)|Troika]] includes Jay Greenberg's song "I still keep mute", setting a poem by [[Vladimir Nabokov]].<ref>[[France Musique]] (14 December 2011). [https://archive.today/20120716230014/http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/oreilles-sensibles/emission.php?d_id=425006590&e_id=100000080 "Pourquoi la poésie russe est très belle ?"]</ref>

Greenberg's works are published by [[G. Schirmer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=3139|title=Jay Greenberg at G. Schirmer Inc.|access-date=2008-09-14|archive-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312071645/https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2012 Greenberg was majoring in music at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]].<ref>[[G. Schirmer]]. [http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=313 Jay Greenberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206094100/http://www.schirmer.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&composerId_2872=313 |date=2010-12-06 }}</ref>

As of 2016 he was pursuing a DMus degree at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, under the supervision of [[Eve de Castro-Robinson]].<ref>[[University of Auckland]]. [https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/jgre496 Jay Greenberg's page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314073833/https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/jgre496 |date=2016-03-14 }}</ref>