Stories and notions of identity are at the heart of prize-winning composer’s Gabriela Lena Frank’s music. Born in Berkeley, California, she is currently composer-in-residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which performs her 2001 work Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout at the Edinburgh Festival on 26 August.
I was fortunate that my first teacher at the San Francisco Conservatory, Dan Becker, had a deep love both of classical music and