BIOGRAPHY

• Kip Winger

  Kip Winger is a Grammy-nominated composer and multi-platinum recording artist whose genre-spanning career bridges rock, classical, and theatrical music.
  
  After touring early in his career as bassist with Alice Cooper, and later performing with artists including Alan Parsons, Roger Daltrey, Bob Dylan, and the Hollywood Vampires, Winger founded his eponymous band in 1987. The group went on to sell millions of albums worldwide, earn six Billboard Top-40 singles, receive an American Music Awards nomination, and gain widespread critical acclaim for its exceptional musicianship. "Winger's musical pedigree was practically unmatched in 80's metal...the band crafted a debut album that combined hard-pop melodies with plenty of proggy, technically dazzling instrumental work" — Rolling Stone Magazine
  
  Winger has established himself as a leading voice in contemporary classical composition. He studied with Richard Danielpour, Michael Kurek, and Richard Hermann, and his music has since been performed by leading orchestras including the, Nashville Symphony, Konzerthaus Berlin, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Tucson Symphony, and the Thessaloniki State Symphony.
  
  His ballet score Ghosts (2010), commissioned by Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, became one of the most celebrated contemporary ballet works of the decade, performed at Lincoln Center (New York), Sadler's Wells (London), and Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), and earning a nomination for the Isadora Duncan Award. In 2016, Winger released Conversations with Nijinsky with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Chart and received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Tamara Nijinsky, daughter of the legendary dancer, praised: "Kip Winger has captured my father's heart and soul... reminding us of his genius with his own work."
  
  He has since developed a close partnership with the Nashville Symphony, which premiered his Symphony of the Returning Light in 2023 under conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. The orchestra has also commissioned his Violin Concerto, In the Language of Flowers and will release a full album of his orchestral works on Naxos Records in 2026.
  
  Winger has also expanded into theater, composing the musical Get Jack: A Musical Thriller, which debuted in New York in 2019. The cast recording entered Billboard's Cast Album Chart at #7.
  
  Today, Winger continues to perform globally with his band while solidifying his reputation as a major voice in contemporary classical composition. His unique career bridges the worlds of rock and symphonic music, marked by innovation, critical acclaim, and worldwide performances. As Classic Rock Magazine has written, he is "one of the most gifted composers and arrangers of the past four decades." Winger received the Diamond Award, the highest honor in composition at the Eric Satie International Music Competition.