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News
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New York Times Review of Acana performed by Orpheus: An Ensemble Finds Unity With a Seasoned Soprano
Chicago SunTimes Review: Sinfonietta concert honors women
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New CD's featuring the music of Tania León!!!
Tania León: Singin' Sepia (Six Compositions, 1992-2002) Bailarín (1998), David Starobin, guitar BRIDGE 9231
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Tania León receives Guggenheim Fellowship Award 2007 in Music Composition
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Video highlights of world premiere of "Atwood Songs", interview with Tania León
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Ongoing Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement Sept. 9, 2008 - Feb. 1, 2009 Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
This bilingual photography exhibition explores the diversity of the Latino experience in the United States through narratives and portraits of Hispanic men and women who have led extraordinary lives in various fields. Our Journeys/Our Stories premiered at the National Museum of American History in February of 2004 and is now traveling throughout the United States. The exhibition is complemented by education outreach materials, and host venues are encouraged to involve their local communities in public programming and educational activities. The exhibition, its national tour and related programs are made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund. For information contact the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) at 202.633.3110.
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Upcoming Events 2008 Sept. 20 - Warsaw Autumn Festival presents Toque performed by Profil Ensemble (Bucharest). Warsaw, Poland Sept. 21 - Warsaw Autumn Festival presents Axon performed by Mikhail Schmidt. Warsaw, Poland Oct. 24 - Ana Milosavljevic premieres New Work for violin and percussion. The Times Center. 242 W. 41st, NYC. Nov. 20 - Composer Residency at Michigan State University.
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Premieres:
Ácana for orchestra. Premiered by the Purchase College Orchestra. Purchase Performing Arts Center. Feb. 29, 2008
Ancients for 2 Sop., fl, cl, perc, va, vc. Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts for Terry Rhodes. March 27, 2008
Raices for mixed ensemble. Premiered by Latin Fiesta, Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 22, 2007
Abanico for violin and interactive computer. Premiered by Airi Yoshioka. America's Society, NYC, May 9, 2007.
Alma for flute and piano. Premiered by Marya Martin. Weill Recital Hall, NYC. March 29, 2007.
Atwood Songs for Soprano and piano. Poetry by Margaret Atwood. Premiered by Eileen Strempel and Sylvie Beaudette. Syracuse University, NY. March 25, 2007.
Reflections for Sop., pno, cl, alto sax, tpt, 2 perc, str. qnt. Premiered by Tamara Haskin and the Son Sonora Ensemble, Tania León, conductor, The Gatehouse, NYC. Nov. 9-14, 2006.
Toque for mixed ensemble. Commissioned and premiered by Opus 21. May 20, 2006, Symphony Space, NYC.
Variacíon, for solo piano Society for American Music Annual Conference, in Chicago, Il on March 15-29, 2006. Anna Briscoe, pianist.
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (arr. León) Commissioned and premiered by the Albany Symphony. David Alan Miller, conductor. 2005
Samarkand for narrator, chorus, children's chorus and mixed ensemble. Collaboration with Wole Soyinka. Shaw Center for the Performing Arts, Baton Rouge, LA. March 2005
Tumbao, for solo piano. Commissioned and premiered by Elena Riu. Published by Boosey & Hawkes, London. 2005
Azulejos for mixed ensemble. Commissioned by Meet the Composer Music/USA and the National Endowment for the Arts for MOSAIC. LACMA, May 2004
La Tina for solo piano. Commissioned by the Lucy Moses School. Merkin Concert Hall, NYC. March 2004
Hebras d' Luz for solo electric viola. Commissioned and premiered by Martha Mooke. North River Series, Greenwich House Arts. Jan. 2004
Duende for mixed ensemble. Commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung for the Fest der Kontinente in celebration of György Ligeti. Premiered by Kevin Deas, Nueva Generacion Ensemble, Rolando Morales-Matos and percussionists of the Berlin Philharmonic, Tania León, conductor. Berlin, Germany. 2003
Mística, Ursula Oppens, piano, De Paul Concert Hall, Chicago. 2003
Rezos for SATB Choir, text by Jamaica Kincaid. Commissioned by Terry Knowles and Marshall Rutter for the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles, CA, 2003
Love After Love, for Soprano and marimba. Poetry by Derek Walcott. Commissioned by Mary Sharp Cronson and Works and Process, Inc., Premiered by Elizabeth Farnum and Tom Kolor. Guggenheim Museum, 2002
Axon for violin and electronics. Commissioned and premiered by Mari Kimura. ISCM World Music Days, 2002. Hong Kong
A Row of Buttons, Commissioned by the New York Treble Singers Text by Fae Myenne Ng, NYC, 2002
Commissions:
Inura, Original score for new ballet. Choreography by Carlos dos Santos. Commissioned for Dance Brazil Company. 2009.
New Work for band. Commissioned by Harvard University Band. 2009
New Work for violin and percussion. Commissioned by Ana Milosavljevic. 2008
Ancients for 2 Sop., fl, cl, perc, va, vc. Commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts for Terry Rhodes. 2008
Estampas for vocal ensemble. Commissioned by the Chicago a cappella. 2008.
Ácana for orchestra. Commissioned by Purchase College and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with support from the New York State Music Fund. 2008.
New Work for the Del Sol String Quartet. Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation. 2006
Recent recordings:
Tania León: Singin' Sepia (Six Compositions, 1992-2002) (Bridge 9231)
Timbrando. Meridien Arts Ensemble. Features Saoko. See it on YouTube!
Thomas Buckner - New Music for Baritone & Chamber Ensemble.Features Canto.
Sequitur: To Have and to Hold: Features Ivo, Ivo.
Family Album ( New Music with Guitar Vol. 7) - David Starobin, guitar. Features Bailarin.
Polytopia: Music for Violin and Electronics - Mari Kimura, violin. Features León's Axon for violin and interactive computer. Bridge 9236 (released Sept. 2007)
Sequitur: To Have and to Hold: Features León's Ivo, Ivo. Koch KIC-CD-7593 (released May 2007)
“Salsa Nueva" - Elena Riu, pianist. León's Tumbao. SOMMCD 237 www.somm-recordings.demon.co.uk
"Percussion" - Edith Salmen. León's A La Par. Castigo 02419.
Publications:
Joan Peyser's Revised Edition of To Boulez and Beyond recounts a meeting between Boulez and León during a celebration of Boulez's 80th Birthday by the Chicago Symphony in which both Boulez's and León's work were performed. |
The World of Women in Classical Music By Dr. Anne K. Gray. Published by WordWorld Publications. 2007 |
How Music Grew in Brooklyn: A Biography of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra by |
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History of Music in Western Culture, Second Edition.
Supplement:
CD Set, Volume II - The Classical Era through the Twentieth Century
- a 2/E (Audio CD) includes León's
Ritual
score and recording. By
Mark Evan Bonds. Published
by Prentice Hall. 2006
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Music
Cultures in the United States: An introduction
The
Beat of Latin Women by Sylvia Mendoza
Contemporary
Anthology of Music by Women
The
New Grove Dictionary of American Music.
ed. by H. Wiley Hitchcock and S. Sadie, London: Macmillan Press,1986 and
1996/7 Charles Shere, biographer.
La Sabiduria de los Nuestros, Mas de 1,000 citas que le inspiraran. ed. by Yvonne Conde. Vintage Espanol (Random House). 2006
An Introduction to the Music of Tania León and a Conductor's Analysis of Indigena. Monograph by James M. Spinazzola, Louisiana State University. 2006
Music in America, Adelaida Reyes. Oxford University Press. 2005. Discusses Batey. CD included.
Musica latinoamericana para violonchelo, German Marcao. Catalogo de obras. Fundacion Emilio Sojo, 2004
Boosey & Hawkes: Tumbao in Elena Riu’s “Salsa Nueva” . CD included
BandQuest: "Alegre" (CD-ROM and score/parts). American Composers Forum. 2003
Encyclopedia of Cuba, Vol. 2. Greenwood Press, 2003.
Europaischer Dirigentinnen Reader, Schriftenreihe Frau und Musik Internationaler Arbeitskreis e.V., Band 4. 2003
Women and Music in America since 1900, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003
Two Cuban Songs: Drume Negrita, El Manisero. PeerMusic, 2002
The Colors of Culture: Characteristics in Selected Works of Tania Justina Leon. Dissertation by Donna Jean Reiner, Graduate School of the Union Institute. 1999.
The Popular Guide to Classical Music by Anne Gray, Ph.D. Birch Lane Press:NY, 1993.(chapters on women composers and women conductors)
The
Symphony of the New World, compiled by Clarissa and Marion Gumbo,
Awards and Honors
Guggenheim Fellowship Award, 2007. Music Composition
Honorary Doctorate in Music, SUNY Purchase, 2007
Distinguished Professor, City University of New York, 2006
Ignacio Cervantes Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Cuban Cultural Center, 2006
Fromm Music Foundation Commission, 2005
Honoree, Cuban Artists Fund, 2005
New York Times review of Tania Leon Portrait Concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre.
Feature article in Yamaha's "Accent" magazine, Summer 2004
The Nathan Cummings Foundation, 2004
Portraits of Latino Achievement. Exhibition. Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives. 2003-
Aaron Copland Fund for Music 2003 Recording Program awarded to Bridge Records for "Music of Tania León"
Coalition of 100 Black Women. 2003
National Women's History Month Honoree, 2003. National Women's History Project
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, 2003
Arts International, 2002
Meet the Composer Music/USA, 2002
Ph.D. (Honorary), Oberlin College, 2002
National Endowment for the Arts, 2002
Claire and Leonard Tow Professorship, 2000-2004
Notable Press:
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New York Times Review of Acana performed by Orpheus: An Ensemble Finds Unity With a Seasoned Soprano
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New York Times Music Review: Earthy Cuban Sounds, Rendered With an Urban Complexity
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New York Times review of Tania León Portrait Concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre.
Recent Events
2008
June 22 - The NODUS Ensemble performs To and Fro. Miami Art Museum, FL.
May 15 - Interpretations presents and evening of Tania León and Juho Laitinen. Program to include Abanico, Atwood Songs and Love After Love. Featuring Airi Yoshioka, vn, Elizabeth Farnum, Sop., Adam Kent, pno and Diana Herold, perc. Roulette. 20 Greene St., NYC
May 10 & 11 - Africa and the African Diaspora: Traditions, Revolutions and Innovations. Festival of arts and ideas featuring performances by the Purchase Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Tania León. Symphony Space, 95th St & Broadway, NYC.
May 2 - "Music From Other Minds" presents radio broadcast "Tania León" featuring selections from Singin' Sepia CD.
April 30 - Contemporary Ensemble performs works by composer-in-residence Tania León and Justinian Tamasuza. Recital Hall, The Music Building, Purchase College, NY.
April 29 - musikfest08 presents pianist Heidrun Holtmann performing Ritual. Folkwang Hochschule Duisburg, Kleiner Konzertsaal. "Musik als Ausdruck von Freiheit" (II). 8PM. Broadcast on WDR 3 June 28, 2008
April 25 & 26 - Purchase Dance Corps Spring Concert 2008. Features choreography set to León's A La Par, Indigena and Arenas d'un Tiempo. PepsiCo Theatre, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY. 8PM. Also presented on April 27 at 3PM, May 2 & 3 at 8PM and May 4 at 3PM.
April 23 - 30 - Guest Composer, Central Conservatory of Music. Beijing, China.
April 19 - Voces Latinas presented by Chicago a capella. World premiere of a new work by Tania León. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL.
April 18- 22 - 2008 Beijing International Congress on Women in Music. The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and the China Conservatory of Music (CCM), featuring composer, Tania León with performance of León's Horizons for orchestra on Apri. 18 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
April 18 - Voces Latinas presented by Chicago a capella. World premiere of Estampas by Tania León. Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL.
April 13 - Voces Latinas presented by Chicago a capella. World premiere of Estampas by Tania León. Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL.
April 3 - 5 - Keynote speaker at the 2008 College Music Society SuperRegional Conference Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Chapters. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.
April 1 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Ácana by Tania León. Carnegie Hall, NYC. Live broadcast on WNYC-FM (93.9)
March 30 - Chicago Sinfonietta, Tania León, guest conductor . Works by León, Chen Yi, Holmes & Haydn. Soloist Jade Simmons performs León's Kabiosile for piano and orchestra. Dominican University, 7900 W. Division.
March 31 - Chicago Sinfonietta, Tania León, guest conductor . Works by León, Chen Yi, Holmes & Haydn. Soloist Jade Simmons performs León's Kabiosile for piano and orchestra. Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center. 220 South Michigan Ave.
March 30 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Ácana by Tania León. SUNY Purchase.
March 28 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Ácana by Tania León. Williams Center, Easton, PA.
March 27- Terry Rhodes: "Modern Music of Latin America" featuring the world premiere of a new work by Tania León. Part of the music department's Latin Festival on the Hill, March 27-30. Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
March 4 - 6 - As U.S. Artistic Ambassador of American culture in Spain, Tania León serves as keynote speaker for the United States Embassy's Black History Month program in Madrid.
March 2 - Pianist Jose Lopez performs Momentum and Mistica. Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler St., Miami, FL.
February 29 - Purchase Symphony Orchestra presents "From the African Diaspora", Tania León, guest conductor. Program includes world premiere of a new work by Tania León as well as works by Revueltas, Ginastera and Ellington. Recital Hall, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY.
February 17 - Two American Masters: George Walker and Tania León. String quartets and music for solo strings. Son Sonora Ensemble, Tania León, director with Airi Yoshioka, violin, Ashley Horne, violin, Liuh-Wen Ting, viola, Arash Amini, cello, and Sibylle Johner cello. Ingalls Recital Hall, New Jersey City University, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ.
January 28 - Tania León to receive "La Distinción de Honor de la Rosa Blanca" from the Patronato José Martí for her contribution to Cuban culture in the field of music.
January 24 - Jade Simmons, piano. "The Rhythm Project", works by León, Corigliano, Ibarra, Barber, Piazzolla & Prokofiev. Concert Artists Guild, 850 Seventh Ave, NYC.
2007
December 15 - Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs "Bata". Bardavon Opera House. Poughkeepsie, NY.
Nov. 20 - 24 - El Arte de las Mujeres Como Agente de Cambio y Desarollo Social. International Congress of Women in the Arts. la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain. See website for program including performance of music by Tania León on Nov. 21.
Nov. 26 - 28 - El Arte de las Mujeres Como Agente de Cambio y Desarollo Social. International Congress of Women in the Arts. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Almagro/Ciudad Real, Spain. See website for program.
Nov.
18 -The Cube Ensemble performs A
La Par. Gottlieb
Hall, Merit School of Music, Chicago.
Oct. 8 - Martha Mooke performs León's Hebras d'luz for electric viola on her Viola X-Treme concert at the University of Albany, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY.
Sept. 22 - Philadelphia Music Project (funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts) presents: Hispanos…Many Roots…Many Faces: World premiere of Tabla Raza by Tania León and Arturo O'Farrill with Latin Fiesta, Tabla player Badal Roy, and La Cumbiamba EneYe. Pennsylvania Convention Center. Philadelphia
June 26 - Ipek Eginlioglu, pianist and Justin Wolf, percussion perform A La Par. SUNY Purchase
June 19 - Pianist Adam Kent performs Tumbao live on WQXR (96.3FM) with host David Duval.
June 13 - The New York City Council presents a Proclamation to Tania León for personal achievements that also reflected positively on the College, the borough of Brooklyn, and the city of New York.
June 10 - St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble performs Singin' Sepia. Notable Women Festival: A Celebration of Women Composers. Dia:Beacon, NY.
June
9 - St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble performs Singin' Sepia.
Notable Women Festival: A Celebration of Women Composers. Chelsea Art
Museum, NYC.
May
18 - Tania León receives Honorary Doctorate from SUNY Purchase.
Tania León
presented
with an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Music from SUNY Purchase.
May 17- Eileen Strempel and Sylvie Beaudette perform The Atwood Songs. St. Bartholomew's Church. NYC.
May 9 - Tania León Portrait Concert - performed by Continuum. Americas Society. 680 Park Ave, NYC
April 13 - New Music Miami Festival. Performance of de color for violin and marimba. Florida International University, Miami, FL.
April 11 & 12 -Tania León's Love After Love with poetry by Derek Walcott. New York Festival of Song. Weill Recital Hall, NYC.
March 29 - Marya Martin premieres Alma for flute and piano. The Flute Book for the Twenty-First Century. Presented by Meet the Composer. Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), NYC
March 28 - "All-León" Concert. Indigena, Journey, The Atwood Songs & other works. Main Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.
March 26 Orchestra Underground: Composers OutFront! American Composers Orchestra performs Indigena, Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall), NYC.
March 26 - Women and Music: Looking Back, Looking Forward presents Tania León and Margaret Atwood. Ingle Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology.
March 25 World Premiere of The Atwood Songs. Text by Margaret Atwood. Eileen Strempel, Sop. & Sylvie Beaudette, pno. Setnor Auditorium, Syracuse University. Presented by the Society for New Music.
March 25 Orchestra Underground: Composers OutFront! American Composers Orchestra performs Indigena, Annenberg Center, Philadelphia.
March 23 - Tania León, Ursula Oppens, Jade Simmons & Brasil Guitar Duo. Pre-concert conversation at 7:30 pm. Concert at 8PM. Seabury Center, Westport, CT
March
22 - Tania León, Ursula
Oppens, Jade Simmons & Brasil Guitar Duo.
A part of the Composers
Project Series. Symphony Space.
March
20- Music of Tania León. Performed by Ursula
Oppens, Jade Simmons & Brasil Guitar
Duo. The Century Association. NYC.
March 16 - Cleveland Chamber Symphony performs Sin Normas Ajenas. Westlake United Methodist Church.
March 14 - Cleveland Chamber Symphony performs Sin Normas Ajenas.Trinity Cathedral – Downtown Cleveland Ohio.
March 2- 4 - Guest Composer in Residence. 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival "inner voice". Cal State Fullerton
Feb. 28 - panelist - "A Composer's Career". Whittall Pavilion, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Feb. 22 - Opus 21 performs Toque. GVSU Performing Arts Center, Louis Armstrong Theatre, Allendale, Michigan
Jan. 8 - Sequitur: Music of Cuba. Merkin Concert Hall. Performance includes Toque.
2006
December 22 Music of Tania Leon. Special concert to honor the composer by the Cuban Cultural Center. Weill Recital Hall. NYC.
December 7 An evening of selected chamber music by Tania Leon. Greenwich House Music School, NYC.
November 29 Guest Composer at the Frost Museum. "Wednesday After Hours: Concert and Reception with Tania Leon". 7PM Wertheim Recital Hall, Florida International University.
November 9-14 Featured composer. Inauguration of The Gatehouse, new performance venue, NYC. Works include premiere of Reflections for Soprano and chamber ensemble, Batey, Ritual, Momentum and Tumbao for solo piano and O, Yemanja from Leon's opera "Scourge of Hyacinths"
October 18-19 Resident Composer, Cleveland Institute of Music
October 12-14 Guest Speaker, International Network of Schools for the Advancement of Arts Education. Miami Beach Resort and Spa, FL.
September 14 - Pianist Jade Simmons and Percussionist Svet Stoyanov perform A LA PAR at Leonard Nimoy Thalia theatre at Symphony Space, NYC
June 24 - OPUS 21 performs "Toque" at Carnegie Center for the Arts at Three Rivers, Michigan
June 23 - OPUS 21 performs "Toque" at Light Fine Arts Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan opus21.org
June 8 - Voice and Text: A Composer's Language The written word within the context of a musical language is at once powerful yet reveals in its subtle nuances, a familiar vernacular. This program of mixed ensemble pieces highlights the voice as a solo instrument. Drawing on texts by an international array of prominent poets, Tania León adds a notable layer of texture to her compositional process. Joined by an impressive roster of guest singers and instrumentalists, she will focus on the intricate ensemble combination she has selected to interact with the human voice. Aaron Davis Hall, NYC. www.aarondavishall.org
June 2 - Sin normas ajenas. San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Brava Theater Center, San Francisco
May 20 - TANIA LEÓN'S TOQUE PREMIERED BY OPUS 21. Tania León's new commissioned work by Opus 21 will receive its premiere at Symphony Space's Thalia Theater on Saturday, May 20. Toque is one of the "Six Multicultural Premieres" performed by the new music ensemble.
March 25, 2006 - June 16, 2006 EXHIBITION TOUR: "Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement" presented by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives. - Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX for more info: www.nps.gov/cham/ Take the virtual tour here.
March 16, 17 - Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias conducted by Tania León . Asturias, Spain.
March 15-19 - World Premiere of Variación for solo piano with performances of Ritual, La Tina and Tumbao. Anna Briscoe, pianist. Performance/lecture titled: "Tania León: A Multi-Cultural Synthesis in the Piano Works" presented by James Briscoe. Society for American Music Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
March 11 - "Sorpresa" for solo piano. Gabriela Perez Acosta, pianist. X Encuentro Internacional/VI Encuentro IberoAmericano de Mujeres en el Arte. Mexico-Bilbao.
2005:
December 14 - Telemundo Ch. 47. Tania León Interviewed by Odalys Molina on "Noticiero del Mediodia". Channels 47 (New York), 51 (Miami), 44 (Chicago), 39 (Dallas), 52 (Los Angeles).
December 8 - The Albany Symphony Orchestra's Spiritual Project: Part II. Premiere of Tania Leon's arrangement of "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel". Canfield Casino, Saratoga Springs, (Dec. 9) Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY, (Dec. 10) First United Methodist Church, Pittsfield, PA
October/November - Tania León Visiting Professorship at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
November 4 - Performance of Satine. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
October 29, 30 - Fargo-Moorhead Symphony conducted by Tania León. Festival Concert Hall NDSU. www.fmsymphony.org
October 28 - Sound Field 05: Chicago New and Experimental Music Festival. Performance of Satine. Piano Forte Chicago. 410 S. Michigan Ave. www.soundfield.org
October 11 - Da Camera of Houston performs Love After Love. the Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross. www.dacamera.com
September 29 - Tania León Piano Works: The Composer’s Sonic Environment. Deepening the experience of her WaterWorks residency, Ms. León explores the composer’s approach to the piano from a percussive point of view. Renowned pianists, Ursula Oppens and Jade Simmons unite to explore Ms. León’s piano works: Momentum, an intense and highly personal take on the blues (León’s first solo piano composition), Mistica, with its virtuosic pyrotechnics, the salsa-based Tumbáo, dedicated to Celia Cruz and Satine, a work for two pianos infused with indigenous Cuban Rhythms.
September 22 - Cuban Artists Fund Benefit Gala honoring Tania León. www.CubanArtistsFund.org
September 22 - Pianist Jay Gottlieb performs Ritual. L'Archipel, Paris, France. www.larchipel.net
June 24-Airi Yoshioka performs Axon. “Feminist Theory and Music 8” Conference at Elebash Hall, Graduate Center. City University of New York
June 8- Chamber Players of the LEAGUE/ISCM performs Paisanos Semos. Elebash Hall, Graduate Center. City University of New York
May 31 - Fulcrum Point New Music Project performs Indigena. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 East Randolph Dr., Chicago.
May 20 - "Break it Down". A performance workshop that "breaks down' the elements of the art form. Tania León illustrates syncretic ideas in composition through her work Batey. Aaron Davis Hall, NYC. www.aarondavishall.org
May 13 - Philadelphia Music Project presents “Composers’ Voices: Crossing Disciplines & Cultures” Panel including Tania Leon, Robert Ashley, Fred Ho, Mikel Rouse, Bright Sheng
April 25 - May 8 - Resident Composer at the John Duffy Composers Institute. Virginia Arts Festival. www.vafest.com
April 15 & 16 - Tania León conducts "Shangri La". Music by Susie Ibarra, Libretto by Yusef Komunyakaa. The Kitchen. 512 W. 19th St., NYC www.thekitchen.org
April 14- Momentum. The 2005 New Music Miami ISCM Festival. Florida Internation University Wertheim Performing Arts Center.
April 10-Momentum . ArtSouth Ensemble. Miami Lakes United Methodist Church. Miami Lakes, FL
April 9 - Momentum and Rituál. Jose Lopez, pianist. Sanctuary of ArtSouth, 240 N. Krome Ave, Homestead, FL.
April 6 - Members of Son Sonora perform String Quartets of George Walker. Post-performance discussion with Walker and Tania Leon. 651 Arts. BRIC Studio. 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY www.651arts.org
March 18 - Hechizos. Schönberg Ensemble. Reinbert de Leeuw, Dir. Nieuwe Kerk. Den Haag.
March 17 - Hechizos. Schönberg Ensemble. Reinbert de Leeuw, Dir. Theatre Lantaren/Venster. Rotterdam.
March 16 - Aguava New Music Studio performs Batey. The Library of Congress. Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building. Washington, DC.
March 16 - Hechizos. Schönberg Ensemble. Reinbert de Leeuw, Dir. Lux. Nijmegen.
March 15 - Hechizos. Schönberg Ensemble. Reinbert de Leeuw, Dir. Paradiso. Amsterdam.
March 14 - Hechizos. Schönberg Ensemble. Reinbert de Leeuw, Dir. Musis Sacrum. Arhem. Netherlands.
March 14 - Chicago Symphony presents MusicNow "Pierre Boulez's 80th Birthday Celebration". León's Rituál and Mistica performed by pianist Amy Dissanayake. 8PM. The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance. www.cso.org
March 11-13 - Southern Crossroads. Music Director and composer of "Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known". Collaboration with and Poetry by Wole Soyinka. Choreography by Peter Badejo. Performances include inauguration of the Shaw Center for the Performing Arts, Baton Rouge, LA.
March 3-5 - panelist. In Celebration of William L. Dawson: An Exploration of African American Music and Identity at the Dawn of the 21st Centruy. Emory Conference Center. Atlanta, GA.
March 3 - BBC Symphony recording and performances of "Kabiosile" for piano and orchestra. Ashley Wass, pianist, Grant Llewellyn, conductor. London, England
Februrary 5 - Tania León conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, France. Works by Adams, Sondheim, Ellington and León. Opera de Marseille.
January 30- The Ritz Chamber Players perform Oh Yemanja. Weigel Auditorium. Ohio State University.
December 18, 2004 - March 13, 2005
"Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement"
History Center - Fort Wayne Historical Society, Fort Wayne, IN
2004:
December 1, 4 - Tania León conducts the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. City Center, NYC.
Winter 2004 - Documentary featuring Tania León entitled "Life Profiles". Produced by MITICO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
September 4-November 28 - "Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement". Mexican Heritage Plaza. San Jose, CA Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
November 22 - Tania León conducts ConTempo Ensemble. Levenson Concert Hall. Brooklyn College NY.
November 14 - Panel on Cultural Influences. Graduate Center, CUNY.
November 6 - "Composer Portrait: Music of Tania León". Featuring MOSAIC. Miller Theatre, Columbia University.
October 14 - Sarah Cahill performs works by León, Adams, Rzewski. Nuovi Spazi Musicali, 25th Festival di Musica Contemporanea. Accademia Americana. Rome, Italy.
October 19 - Tania León conducts the New York University Symphony. Works by Haydn and Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Frederick Loewe Theatre.
October 8 - "O Beautiful" concert of American Music, including León, Bolcom, Ellington, Glass and more by the Western Wind Ensemble. The North Universalist Chapel Society of Woodstock, VT.
October 7 - Pianist Sarah Cahill performs works by León, Adams, Rzewski and others. Berkeley Arts Festival. www.SarahCahill.com
October 5 - Lecture on the music of Tania León. Black Box Theatre, NYU.
October 1 - Son Sonora performs works by Singleton, Bolcom and León. 7 PM. University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
September 23 - Panel discussion hosted by Margo Jefferson (NY Times) with Bill T. Jones, Tania León, Roger Guenveur Smith and Sekou Sundiata. Aaron Davis Hall.
September 19 - Sarah Cahill performs Mistica. San Francisco.
July 30 - NODUS performs "Momentum". Miami Art Central, FL.
July 20-25 - Scourge of Hyacinths workshop at Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation. Directed by Robert Wilson.
July 17-19 - Son Sonora Ensemble at National Black Arts Festival. Atlanta, GA. www.nbaf.org
July 1-31 - Guest of the Month. (Profile). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website. www.soyunica.org
June 23 - Salon 651: Son Sonora Ensemble. Tania Leon, Music Director. 651 Arts, BRIC Studio, Brooklyn, NY.
June 16, 19-"Oh Yemanja" (Mother's Aria). Continuum. International Music Festival, Mongolia, China.
May 11 - "Oh Yemanja" (Mother's Aria). Continuum. Mario Davidovsky 70th Birthday Tribute. The Americas Society, 680 Park Ave
May 14 - The Western Wind presents "O Beautiful" American music including music of Tania Leon. Friends Meeting House, NYC, 15 Rutherford Place
May 3 - World Premiere of "Azulejos". The Mozambique Project, concert version of Leon's dance/music collaboration with choreographer Donald Byrd, Mosaic and the National Song and Dance Theater of Mozambique. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA.
March 14 - Mari Kimura performs "Axon" at Dance Theatre of Harlem's Open House.
March 15 - Speculum Musicae plays "Arenas d'un Tiempo" at Merkin Concert Hall.
March 18 - Performance of "De Memorias" by Imani Winds. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, "Double Exposure" series. Rose Studio, NYC.
March 21 - World Premiere of "La Tina" for Lucy Moses School young pianists. Merkin Concert Hall, NYC.
February 9 - Performance of "Axon" by Mari Kimura, Frederick Loewe Theatre, New York University, NYC
January 13 - La Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM), Spain. Works by Ibarra, Rachmaninoff, Haydn. Tania León, conductor
January 15 - World Premiere of solo electric viola work for Martha Mooke. Greenwich House Music School, NYC.
2003:
December 3-13 - Conductor. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. City Center, NYC.
December 4 - Satiné performed by piano duo "Quattro Mani", Weill Recital Hall, NYC
October 23 - Honoree. Coalition of 100 Black Women. The Schomburg Center, NYC.
October 16
- Sony Music Arts in the Atrium with the Imani Winds.
October 9
- Radio Interview. Black Beat, host Flo Wiley. WHCR 90.3 FM
October 2
- Panel Discussion. College
Music Society annual conference. Hotel Inter-Continental, Miami, FL
September 27
- World Premiere of Duende by members of the Berlin Philharmonic,
U.S. percussionists and Baritone. Commissioned by the Fest
der Kontinente 2003, Berlin, Germany. Tania León, conductor
August 16
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Panelist "Janacek and Music Today", Bard Music Festival 2003.
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
June 24-July 26
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Civitella Ranieri, Resident Composer, Umbria, Italy
May 25
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Bailarín, Musee des Beaux-Arts d'Orleans, Orleans, Frankreich.
Paul Bowman, guitar.
May 21
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Bailarín, Eastern Mediterranean, University, Zypern, Turkey.
Paul Bowman, guitar.
May 17
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Orchestre
Philharmonique de Marseille, France. Works by Bernstein, Gershwin and
León. Tania León, conductor. Bonita Hyman, mezzo-soprano
May 11
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Mística, Cuban Premiere. (First performance of León's works in Cuba)
Basilica San Francisco de Asis, Havana, Cuba. Ursula Oppens, piano
May 8
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Horizons, East Coast Premiere. Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA. Seattle
Symphony,
Gerard Schwarz, Music Director
April 30
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Mística, World Premiere. De Paul Concert Hall, Chicago. Ursula Oppens,
piano
April 25
- Bailarín, Paul Bowman, guitar. Tenri Cultural Center, NY.
April 2-6
- Tania
León Interdisciplinary Symposium.
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
April 5
- Axon, Mari Kimura, vn & computer, Juilliard Clark Theater, NY.
March 18
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Rezos, New York Premiere by the L.A. Master Chorale, Riverside Church,
New York
March 8
- Rezos, World
Premiere by
the L.A. Master Chorale, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
February 14
- Love After Love. Lauren Flanigan, sop. Metropolitan Museum of
Art, NYC
February 8
- Oh Yemanja. Anne Marie Ketchum, sop. Harbeson Hall, Pasadena City
College, CA