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| Composer of the Month September 2024: Gabriela Lena Frank | |
 Identity has always been at the center of composer/pianist Gabriela Lena Frank's music. Born in Berkeley, California to a mother of mixed Peruvian/Chinese ancestry and a father of Lithuanian/Jewish descent, Gabriela explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions. Inspired by the works of Bela Bartók and Alberto Ginastera, Gabriela has traveled extensively throughout South America in creative exploration. Her music often reflects not only her own personal experience as a multi-racial Latina, but also reflects her studies of Latin American cultures, incorporating poetry, mythology, and native musical styles into a western classical framework that is uniquely her own. In 2017, Gabriela founded the award-winning Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. In 2020, she was a recipient of the prestigious 25th Anniversary Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanity category. Winner of a Latin Grammy and nominated for Grammys as both composer and pianist, Gabriela also holds a Guggenheim Fellowship and a USA Artist Fellowship. Gabriela is regularly commissioned by luminaries such as cellist Yo Yo Ma, the King’s Singers, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano with guitarist Manuel Barrueco, and conductors Marin Alsop and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She has also received orchestral commissions and performances from leading American orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony and more. She currently serves as Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Her works are published by Wise Music/G. Schirmer.
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Listen to 'Sueños De Chambi - Snapshots For An Andean Album' for Flute and Piano |
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