Tania León conducting the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2015
Photo by Nantapipat Vutthisak and Natthapong Sirisit
Visual & Web Media
podcasts
In this concert, León's compositions and other works are performed by pianist Ursula Oppens and Jade Simmons, as well as the Brasil Guitar Duo. Included works: Ritual, Mistica, Bailarin, Paisanos Semos, Tumbáo, and Satiné
YouTube
Cuban-born composer and conductor Tania León talks with us about the influence of her home country on her music, ice cream and an upcoming premiere.
Tania León talks about composing Scourge of Hyacinths with inspiration from her childhood. (for CareerGirls.org)
Inura
2. The Power
3. The Sharing
4. Teaching
Jade Simmons performs Momentum at Harlem Stage's The Gatehouse
Jade Simmons performs Rituál at Harlem Stage's The Gatehouse
Jade Simmons performs Tumbao at Harlem Stage's The Gatehouse
Tania León shares a short video, "Thoughts of Fifty Years," before speaking (4:44) about her experience as a composer and conductor.
Inura
6. Respect
Adam Rappel - Percussion, Leah Siltberg - Piano
Ensemble Connect performs Tania León's "De Memorias" for woodwind quintet as part of its evening-length concert "Through Movement."
'In Motion' - Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble and Dance Brazil Percussion performing Inura; and Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble and Rajoe Darby (narrator) performing Haiku.
Cuban-American composer Tania León discusses her work for orchestra, INDÍGENA, performed by the ACO in New York at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and in Philadelphia, PA at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. March 25 & 26, 2007. Filmed by Jeremy Robins.
documentaries
4 Composers: Laurie Anderson, Tania León, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
58 minutes, color
Narrated by the composers
Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc.
"The Sensual Nature of Sound" portrays these New York based composer/performers in terms of their musical lives. Although all four women are pioneers in American music, each composer pursues a distinct direction of her own. Since the early 1980s, Laurie Anderson has used music and performance as the foundation for her multi-media stage shows which have since become her trademark. Cuban born Tania Leon composes orchestral music that is an intricate weave of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz elements embedded within a classical Western concerto format. Meredith Monk experiments with new ideas in music theater and has developed a genre of opera very much her own. Pauline Oliveros draws upon the rich resources of ritual, myth, meditation, and improvisation to create a body of work that is truly visionary. Filmed at rehearsals and performances in the United States and abroad, "The Sensual Nature of Sound" examines the contributions of these diverse composers to contemporary American music.
Composers and their Compositions
Volume One, Ten episodes
Gunther Schuller, Ned Rorem, Fred Lerdahl, Tania León, George Crumb
Conceived, directed and produced by Thomas J. Knott
Dan Hnatio, Director of Photography
Contact: Active Communications