American. Born New York, January 28, 1956. composer. pianist. “Richard Danielpour is one of the most recorded composers of his generation, and became only the third composer — after Stravinsky and Copland — to be signed to an exclusive recording contract by Sony Classical.” There is an in-depth biography of Danielpour from G. Schirmer (AMP) that includes a list of works and links to reviews of his music.
http://www.schirmer.com/composers/danielpour_bio.html