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Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano is one of 11 winners selected by the National Flute Association for its newly published music competetion. 

Published by Theodore Presser Co.

	(In) Habitation - Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers.   Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers. Includes Tania Leon's Atwood Songs; Eileen Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano. Centaur 3002.
	Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano.    Includes León's Alma. Marya Martin, flute.   Naxos 8.559629
	Tania León: Singin' Sepia (Six Compositions, 1992-2002) Bailarín (1998), David Starobin, guitar Singin' Sepia (1996), Tony Arnold, soprano, Continuum Axon (2002), Mari Kimura, violin Arenas d'un Tiempo (1992), Speculum Musicae Satiné (2000), Quattro Mani (duo pianists) Horizons (1999) NDR Sinfonie Orchester, Peter Ruzicka, conductor BRIDGE 9231

Premieres:

Cumba Cumbakin.  Premiered by the Harvard Wind Ensemble., Boston, MA. March 6, 2010.

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:

Piano solo works for  and commissioned by Vassily Primakov.  2010

New Work.  Commissioned  for the San Francisco Girls Chorus by Classical Movements, Inc. as part of the Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program. 2010

String Quartet for the Harlem Quartet.  Commissioned by The ASCAP Foundation and The Sphinx Organization. 2009

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

Cumba Cumbakin 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:

(In) Habitation - Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers. Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers. Includes Tania Leon's Atwood Songs; Eileen Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano. Centaur 3002. 

Eight Visions - A New Anthology for Flute and Piano.  Flute Recital (21st Century): Marya Martin

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:

Induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 2010

Meet the Composer/MetLife Creative Connections. 2009

ASCAP Standard Award. 2009

UCross Foundation Composer Residency. Wyoming. 2009

Pulitzer Prize Nomination.  Acana for Orchestra.  2008

Guggenheim Fellowship Award.  Music Composition. 2007

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

April 20 - Facebook Friends Concert: A Concert curated by composer Douglas Townsend.  Includes performance of Mistica.  St. Peter's Church. 54th & Lexington, NYC.

April 18- ThingNY presents SPAM v.1.2. Includes A Thought. The Tank, 354 w. 45th st., NYC. 212-563-6269. 

April 16 -  Tania León conducts the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota.  Program includes León's Acana and Horizons.  Also works by Izarra, Orbon, Sarmiento and Copland.  Teatro Municipal Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. Bogota, Colombia.

April 13-22 - Ailey II performs Proximity, choreography by Carlos dos Santos performed to León's "Satine" for 2 pianos.  The Joyce Theater, 175 8th Ave, NYC. www.Joyce.org

April 11 - Del Sol String Quartet performs Esencia. National Gallery of Art.  Washington, DC.

March 28 - Great Artists in the Music Room "Turns of the Centuries: Piano Panoply".  Solo piano works by:  Haydn, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Berg, Debussy, Janacek, Scriabin, Ingram Marshall, Tania Leon, Terry Riley, Annea Lockwood, Peter Garland, Kui Dong, and Annie Gosfield.  Caramoor. Katonah, NY.

March 27 - TRANSIT & Angelica Negron perform Arenas d'un Tiempo.  Pregones Theater, NYC.

March 6 - World Premiere of Cumba Cumbakin.  Commissioned by the Harvard Wind Ensemble.  Lowell Hall. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.  8pm. 617-496-2263

February 22 - Composers Now! Daylong event of panels featuring composers of all genres.  Marathon concert and a Proclamation from the Mayor's office.  Symphony Space, 95th St./Broadway. NYC. 10AM - 10PM

February 20 -  The Fromm Players at Harvard. Continuum (Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, directors).  John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 8pm

2009

December 7 -  Opening Ceremonies (Pledge of Allegiance) for the Swiss Government as part of the United Nations ceremonies. Tania León, Guest Conductor. L'Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve featuring the Young People's Chorus of New York City.  Cathédrale Saint Pierre de Genève. Geneva, Switzerland. 5:00PM
December 10 - Tania León, Guest Conductor. L'Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve featuring the Young People's Chorus of New York City.  Victoria Hall. Geneva, Switzerland. 8:00PM

October 2 - Del Sol String Quartet performs Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas.  Korean Cultural Service, NY.  460 Park Ave., New York NY 10022. 

October 1 - Del Sol String Quartet performs the New York premiere of Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas.  Symphony Space, 1537 Broadway (@95th st.), NYC. 

October 1 - Conversation with Tania León and Pawel Mykietyn. Moderated by Laura Kaminsky, Symphony Space Associate Director, Symphony Space, 1537 Broadway (@95th st.). 

August 13 - Marya Martin performs Alma at the National Flute Association Annual Convention.  

August 9 - Singin' Sepia for voice and mixed ensemble. Tanglewood Music Center's Festival of Contemporary Music.  Seiji Ozawa Hall.  297 West Street, Lenox, MA 01240. 

July 26 - August 2 - Tania León, Guest Composer. Composers Conference.  Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. 508-276-1011

July 28 - 31 - 2009 International Conference on the Arts in Society in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.  Dr. James Briscoe presents "Earthian" Music: Tania León and Her Compositional Arc of Cultures.

June 12-14 - Chairperson of the Jury, "Concorso Internazionale di Composizione 2' Agosto". Bologna, Italy.

June 12 - Patricia Spencer performs Alma for flute and piano in a recital tiltled “Close Encounters With a Flute." Bard Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 

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 26^th 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.

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.