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March 28, 2024

Brooklyn College Announces Tania León Chair of Music, Appoints Malcolm J. Merriweather to Inaugural Position

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February 21, 2023

Tania León awarded the 2023 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition

Tania León has been awarded the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition

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February 1, 2023

The London Philharmonic Orchestra announced Tania León as its next Composer-in-Residence – a post she will hold for two seasons, beginning in September 2023.

León will also be the next Composer Mentor for the 2023-2024 LPO Young Composers.

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January 25, 2023

Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library is to be the home of the archive of Tania León.

It seems a cliché to say that Tania León’s archive is unique, but it is that and much more: it is an inspiration.

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December 4, 2022

Tania León will receive the 45th Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime achievement, along with George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, and U2.

"Little did I imagine when studying in La Habana that life was going to grace me with such a distinction!"

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July 1, 2022

"Tania León: Teclas de mi piano" Released

Music for piano by Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León performed by Adam Kent

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January 18, 2022

Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life, Tania León’s biography by Alejandro L. Madrid, released

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June 11, 2021

Tania León Wins Music Pulitzer for ‘Stride’

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Carnegie Hall Announces the season-long appointment of Tania León to hold the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair.

Her 2023-2024 residency will include New York premiere of new work by Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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