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Premieres: Esencia
para
cuarteto de cuerdas. Premiered
by the Del Sol Quartet, San Francisco, CA. May 8, 2009. Inura, original score for ballet. Premiered by Dance Brazil. Skirball Center, NYC, Mar. 19-22, 2009. Tiempo en Clave for violin and percussion. Premiered by Ana Milosavljevic and Alex Lipowski. The Times Center, NYC. Oct. 24, 2008 Estampas for SATB. Premiered by Chicago a capella. Chicago, IL. Apr. 19, 2008 Ácana for orchestra. Premiered by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Carnegie Hall, NYC. Live broadcast on WNYC-FM (93.9). April 1, 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 **for additional premieres, see archives** Commissions: Inura, Original score for new ballet. Choreography by Carlos dos Santos. Commissioned for Dance Brazil Company. 2009. New Work for piano and percussion. Commissioned for Jade Simmons and Craig Hauschildt. 2010 New Work for band. Commissioned by Harvard University Band. 2009 Tiempo en Clave 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. Esencia 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.
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 **for additional Awards and Honors, see archives**
Recent Events 2009
May 8 -
Del Sol Quartet premieres “Esencia”
para cuarteto de cuerdas.
Presidio
Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA. info@delsolquartet.com
May
3 - Jade Simmons performs piano
works by Tania León. Look and Listen Festival. Project Space,
250
West 26th St. NYC.
May
3 - Del Sol Quartet premieres
“Esencia” para cuarteto de cuerdas. The
Dance Palace, 503 - B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA. The
Dance Palace
April
15 - Featured guest on
"Jazzy Perspective Focus on Brass", for the American Composers
Orchestra course "Compose Yourself". WNYC Studios. 160 Varick St., NY.
March
19 - 22 - Dance
Brazil premieres "Inura". Music by
Tania
León. Choreography by
Carlos dos Santos. Skirball Center for Performing Arts, New York
University, NYC, NY March
9
- Honorary Chair with Chita
Rivera, Tommy Tune, Peter Martins & Arturo O'Farrill. "Winter
Heat" Latin Dance Party Benefit for Harbor Conservatory for the Performing
Arts. Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
March
8 -
Tania León, Toni Morrison,
George Shirley, Anna Deavere Smith and Shirley Verrett. Zankel Hall
at Carngie Hall.
March
5 - Philharmonic
Orchestra of the Americas performs Kabiosile, Jade Simmons, Piano,
Alondra
de la Parra, conductor. 7
pm New York City Town Hall - 123 W 43rd Street
March
3 - POA salon, panel discussion
with Tania León, Alondra
de la Parra and Jade Simmons.
The Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue (@ 68th St),
NYC February 20 - “Latino Composers on Latin American Composition Today.” Manuel Laufer moderates a discussion with composers including Ezequiel Viñao, Manual Sosa, and Tania León, exploring the relationship among new music, culture, tradition, and politics. King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square North.
February
18 - Electric Violist Martha
Mooke performs Hebras d'luz. University
of Maryland, Baltimore County. Fine Arts
Recital Hall. February
14
- New
York Composers Circle Valentine's Day concert features "Love after
Love", Tiffany du Mouchelle, soprano and Steven Solook, marimba. Leonard
Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, 95th & Broadway, NYC. February
5 & 8 - Tania León, guest
DJ on New Music Box: CounterStream radio.
January
16 - Tania León leads panel
discussion at Chamber Music America Annual Conference. "Global
Perspectives: Cultural Diversity and Attracting Foreign Talent". Westin
Hotel, NYC
2008 Dec. 14 - Pianist Inna Faliks performs "Variacion". Los Angeles Contemporary Music of Art. Dec. 12 - Pianist Inna Faliks performs "Variacion". Rockefeller University "Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals". Caspary Auditorium. Noon. Dec. 6 - Pianist Inna Faliks performs "Variacion". Pianoforte Chicago's Pure Piano Series. Nov. 20 - Composer Residency at Michigan State University. Nov. 5 - The Classic in Black Radio Show Program on Offener Kanal Berlin. Berlin, Germany. presents the CD "Singin' Sepia". Oct. 24 - Ana Milosavljevic premieres New Work for violin and percussion. The Times Center. Oct. 8 - Performance of Axon. Seattle Latin American Music Festival Presented by SLAM and Nonsequitor. Sept. 21 - Warsaw Autumn Festival presents Axon performed by Mikhail Schmidt. Warsaw, Poland Sept. 20 - Warsaw Autumn Festival presents Toque performed by Profil Ensemble (Bucharest). Warsaw, Poland Sept. 15 - Da Capo Chamber Players perform Alma. 70th Birthday Portrait of Joan Tower. Merkin Concert Hall. 8PM. Aug. 31 - The Percussion Plus Project. Performance of A La Par. May Phang, pno, Christpher Martin, perc. DePauw University, IN. 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, 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 Estampas 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 April 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. 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 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 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.
**for events prior to 2007, see archives**
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