Tania León
Biography
Cuban-born American composer, conductor, and educator Tania León is one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of her generation. She was the first Latin American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2021 and was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime artistic achievements as well as receiving numerous international honours. As a composer, León has been commissioned by leading orchestras around the world. As a conductor, she studied under Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, and has guest-conducted the New York Philharmonic among others. As an educator, she has taught at renowned universities such as Harvard University and founded «Composers Now» with the mission of empowering living composers.
