David Lang ( born David Lang , January 8, 1957 , Los Angeles ) - American composer.
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| Date of Birth | January 8, 1957 (62 years) |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | composer |
| Instruments | piano |
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| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship Roman Award Pulitzer Prize for outstanding piece of music |
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Biography
He graduated from Stanford University , then studied with Martin Jenny, to whom he specifically entered the University of Iowa . In 1987, together with his colleagues, he created the organization Bang on a Can , which promotes modern music. He received his doctorate at Yale in 1989 , among his mentors were Lou Harrison and Hans Werner Henz .
Since 2008, he has been teaching at the Yale School of Music . He actively collaborates with contemporary choreographers - Edouard Locke , Susan Marshall, Benjamin Milpier , Shen Wei .
Selected Works
- Eating Living Monkeys for orchestra ( 1985 , 2nd ed. - 1987 )
- international business machine for orchestra ( 1990
- modern painters, opera ( 1995 )
- grind to a halt for orchestra ( 1996 )
- The Difficulty of Crossing Field, The Opera by the Ambrose Beers ( 1999 )
- The Carbon Copy Building, comic opera ( 1999 , co-authored with Julia Woolf and Macl Gordon; Obie Prize)
- Lost Objects, oratorio ( 1999 , co-authored with Julia Wolf and Mackl Gordon)
- how to pray for orchestra ( 2002 )
- Shelter, oratorio ( 2005 , co-authored with Julia Wolf and Mackl Gordon)
- Anatomy Theater / Anatomy Theater, Chamber Opera ( 2006 )
- evening morning day for children's choir ( 2007 )
- after gravity for piano 4 hands or 2 pianos (2007)
- the little match girl passion after the tale of Andersen Match Girl ( 2008 , Pulitzer Prize , Harmonia Mundi CD won the 2010 Grammy Award )
- battle hymns for two choirs and ballet troupe ( 2009 )
- darker for 12 strings ( 2010 )
- Plainspoken Ballet (2010)
- world to come, concert for cello and orchestra (2010)
- stuttered chant for cello and percussion ( 2011 )
- ordinary for authority ( 2012 )
- love fail, opera (2012)
- before gravity for 2 pianos (2012)
- wed for brass quintet ( 2013 )
- man mademan made for percussion quartet (2013)
- Opera whispers / the whisper opera (2013)
- Crowd Out for 1000 people ( 2014 )
- mystery sonatas for violin solo (2014)
- National anthems for the choir (2014)
Recognition
Composer of the Year in the USA ( 2013 ).
Interesting Facts
- Lang arranged the movie Requiem for a Dream for the Kronos Quartet
- Two compositions of Lang entered the soundtrack of the film Paolo Sorrentino Great Beauty ( [1] )
- Lang created the soundtrack for another film Paolo Sorrentino "Youth" (2015)