Tania León Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Stride,' Celebrating Women's Resilience
The revered Cuban composer's winning piece was inspired by the life and struggles of Susan B. Anthony and her own poor mother and grandmother in Cuba.
Tania León, the Cuban-born composer, won the Pulitzer Prize in Music on Friday for her orchestral work Stride. The Pulitzer jury described the 15-minute piece as a "musical journey full of surprise, with powerful brass and rhythmic motifs that incorporate Black music traditions from the U.S. and the Caribbean into a Western orchestral fabric." The two other finalists were Place, by Ted Hearne and Data Lords by Maria Schneider, both recordings.
received its world premiere by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center Feb. 13, 2020. The music was born out of , an ambitious commissioning program where 19 women composers
