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Tania León named 2025 Great Immigrant, Great American by Carnegie Corporation of New York

Tania was recognized alongside 19 other distinguished naturalized American citizens

Columbia University announces Tania León as the 2025 recipient of the William Schuman Award

The Recording Academy Announces Tania León as a 2025 Special Merit Award Honoree

Special Merit Award is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of recording.

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

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

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.

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.

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!"

"Tania León: Teclas de mi piano" Released

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

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

Tania León Wins Music Pulitzer for ‘Stride’

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.