Artists

Biography:

Jake Heggie is the composer of the acclaimed operas Moby-Dick, Dead Man Walking, Three Decembers, To Hell and Back, For a Look or a Touch, The End of the Affair, more than 200 art songs, orchestral and chamber music. His works are heard internationally and his operas are among the most produced of any by an American composer. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and other honors, he is also an accomplished pianist who collaborates with many of the world’s great singers in recital and on recordings. Heggie makes his home in San Francisco with his husband, the actor Curt Branom. www.jakeheggie.com