Samuel Zyman, México   Samuel Zyman (literature and materials of music). b. Mexico City, Mexico. M.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); M.M. and D.M.A., composition, The Juilliard School. Composition with Humberto Hernández Medrano, Stanley Wolfe, Roger Sessions, and David Diamond. Conducting studies with Francisco Savín and Eduardo Díazmuñoz; piano with María Teresa Castrillón, National Conservatory of Mexico. Recipient of UNAM international fellowship; Florence Louchheim Stol Foundation fellowship; Irving Berlin Award; grants from Meet the Composer; diploma from the Mexican Society of Critics of Theater and Music (1992). Commissions from the Absolut Vodka Company, Lincoln Center Institute, Conjunto de Cámara de la Ciudad de México, cellist Rajan Krishnaswami, flutist Marisa Canales, cellists Carlos Prieto and Yo-Yo Ma, Academia de Música del Palacio de Minería, others. Works performed by the American Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, National Autonomous University Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico, Paris Sinfonietta (France), Mexico City Philharmonic, Minería Symphony Orchestra (Mexico), National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, others. Compositions include two symphonies, other orchestral works, five concertos, song cycles, sonata for guitar, chamber music. Composed original symphonic score for the 1998 film The Other Conquest (Salvador Carrasco, director; Alvaro Domingo, producer), performed by Plácido Domingo and the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. Recordings on Island Records, IMP Masters and Urtext Digital Classics. Works published by Theodore Presser Company. The Juilliard School faculty: Evening Division since 1986; College Division since 1987.