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Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958) is an American composer and professor of music at New York University. According to The Wall Street Journal , Wolfe's music has "long inhabited a terrain of its own, a place where classical forms are recharged by the repetitive patterns of minimalism and the driving energy of rock". [2]
- December 18, 1958 (age 64), Philadelphia
- American
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- Composer, Professor of Music
Julia Wolfe’s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing down the walls between them.
Julia Wolfe is co-founder/co-artistic director of New York’s legendary music collective Bang on a Can, and she is Artistic Director of NYU Steinhardt Music Composition. Her music is published by Red Poppy Music and G. Ricordi & Co., New York (ASCAP) and is distributed worldwide by the Universal Music Publishing Group.
Sep 15, 2022 · Composer Julia Wolfe's latest work, Her Story, receives its world premiere in Nashville on Sept. 15, 2022. Sometimes, all you need is a little push. In the fall of 1976, when Julia Wolfe arrived ...
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May 31, 2023 · Julia Wolfe, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and co-founder of Bang on a Can, has a way with words. In “Anthracite Fields,” the coal-dark highlight of a series of folklike, oratorio ...
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Julia Wolfe’s Her Story is a 40-minute oratorio for 10 women’s voices — with stage direction by Anne Kauffman and production by Bang on a Can. Her Story premiered in September 2022 with the Nashville Symphony and was performed in January 2023 by the Chicago Symphony. It receives performances in March 2023 with the Boston Symphony and in ...
Apr 20, 2015 · Julia Wolfe Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Anthracite Fields' : Deceptive Cadence The composer is the second from the New York music collective Bang on a Can to win the award with a choral work. Her ...
