Here, with all the hullabaloo, I forgot all about the Pulitzers being announced yesterday. Congratulations to Tania León, the recipient of this year’s prize for music, for her composition “Stride.”
“Stride” received its world premiere by the New York Philharmonic on February 13, 2020. The music is a response to the orchestra’s “Project 19” commissioning program, for which 19 women wrote works to mark the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed a woman’s right to vote. The inspiration for León’s piece was Susan B. Anthony.
León discusses “Stride”
The work in rehearsal:
You’ll find an interview with the composer, in which she talks about the piece, here:
León, born in Havana, settled in New York in 1967. Among her teachers was Ursula Mamlok.
This year’s other finalists in the category were Ted Hearne, for “Place,” and Maria Schneider, for “Data Lords.”
It’s a good thing it’s still breakfast, because I really feel like I’ve got egg on my face for having forgotten, especially after devoting this past Sunday’s “The Lost Chord” to Pulitzer Prize winning music! If you missed it, you can still catch the show as a webcast at the link below. The playlist includes works by William Schuman (the very first recipient of the music prize), William Bolcom, and Caroline Shaw (the category’s youngest honoree).
https://www.wwfm.org/post/lost-chord-june-6-further-pulitzer-surprises
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