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David Lang (born January 8, 1957) is an American composer living in New York City. Co-founder of the musical collective Bang on a Can, he was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for The Little Match Girl Passion, which went on to win a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance by Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices.
Lang is a Professor of Music Composition at the Yale School of Music, and is co-founder and co-artistic director of New York’s legendary music collective Bang on a Can. His music is published by Red Poppy Music and G. Ricordi & Co., New York (ASCAP) and is distributed worldwide by the Universal Music Publishing Group.
Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms.
Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms.
Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms. Lang is one of America’s most performed composers.
Sep 15, 2022 · David Lang, 'again (after ecclesiastes)' June 14, 2022 • In music of translucent constancy, the Pulitzer-winning composer finds philosophical questions — and comfort — in the Old Testament.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang is a co-founder of Bang on a Can, whose music uniquely combines disparate elements. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1980s - 2020s. Born. January 8, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA. Genre. Avant-Garde, Classical. Styles.
Jan 18, 2016 · From Shostakovich to Stockhausen, and plainchant to Adele and Elvis, Oscar-nominated composer David Lang on the music that inspires him.
David Lang is an American composer living in New York City. Co-founder of the musical collective Bang on a Can, he was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for The Little Match Girl...
Jun 29, 2016 · Wed 29 Jun 2016 12.40 EDT. “I guess I’m emotionally complicated in the most simple terms,” says David Lang, Pulitzer prize-winning US composer, eyeing me with an expression that is...
