Awards & Winners

Maury Yeston

Date of Birth 23-October-1945
Place of Birth Jersey City
(Hudson County, New Jersey, United States of America, Area code 551, Area code 201, Area codes 201 and 551)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Composer, Lyricist, Musicologist
Maury Yeston is an American composer, lyricist, educator and musicologist. He is known for writing the music and lyrics to Broadway musicals, including Nine in 1982, and Titanic in 1997, both of which won Tony Awards for best musical and best score. He also won a Drama Desk Award for Nine. Yeston also wrote a significant amount of the music and most of the lyrics to the Tony-nominated musical Grand Hotel in 1989, which was nominated for best score. His musical version of the novel The Phantom of the Opera called Phantom has enjoyed numerous productions in the U.S. and around the world. He has also written a number of other Off-Broadway musicals, including Death Takes a Holiday; a song cycle entitled December Songs; a choral symphony; a ballet; a Cello Concerto; and other pieces. Yeston serves on the Board of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also President of the Kleban Foundation, serves on the editorial boards of Musical Quarterly and the Kurt Weill Foundation Publication Project and on the advisory board of the Yale University Press Broadway Series. He was the Director of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop in New York City for two decades beginning in 1982.

Awards by Maury Yeston

Check all the awards nominated and won by Maury Yeston.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Death Takes a Holiday
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Death Takes a Holiday

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Cinema Italiano
from Nine

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Take It All
Nine
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Song Cinema Italiano
from Nine
Satellite Award for Best Original Song Cinema Italiano
in Nine

1997


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Titanic

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Titanic

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Grand Hotel
Tony Award for Best Original Score Grand Hotel
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Grand Hotel

1982


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Nine
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Nine
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Nine

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Nine
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Nine
Tony Award for Best Original Score Nine