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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.
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.
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.
Learn about David Lang, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who creates new forms of music that defy categorization. Explore his extensive catalogue of works for orchestra, chamber, solo and opera, and his role in Bang on a Can.
He is well-known as co-founder and co-Artistic Director of New York’s legendary music festival Bang on a Can. Active in composing for film and television, Lang’s music for Paolo Sorrentino’s film YOUTH received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, among others.
Jan 25, 2017 · April 21, 2013 • With help from Franz Schubert and four stellar musicians, David Lang ponders the afterlife. Hear the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer's new album in its entirety.
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