Tania León

Tania Justina León ( born May 14, 1943 in Havana ) is a Cuban composer, conductor and music educator.

Leon attended the Conservatorio Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade and the National Conservatory in her hometown. In 1967 she went to the U.S. and continued her education at New York University continued. In 1969 she founded with Arthur Mitchell, the Dance Theater of Harlem, which she ran until 1978 as music director. She composed for the ensemble ballets such as tone ( 1973), Dougla ( with Geoffrey Holder, 1974) and Spiritual Suite (with Marian Anderson, 1976).

Since the 1970s, she appeared as a conductor, among others, at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto (1971 ) and the Nervi Festival in Genoa (1972 ), with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, the Marseille Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta y Coro de la Communidad de Madrid, on the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the National Symphony of South Africa, the Louisville Orchestra and the New World Symphony.

From 1985 she taught at Brooklyn College, where she was in 2000 appointed Tow Distinguished Professor. They also gave master classes at the Musikhochschule Hamburg, Yale University, Harvard University, at Yaddo and the Bellagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1978 she founded the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series, 1994, she was involved as a consultant on Latin American music in the founding of the American Composers Orchestra Sonidos de las Americas festival. Between 1993 and 1997 she worked as a consultant for new music by Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since 2006, León Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York. In 2010 she founded the New York Festival of Contemporary Music Composers Now. In the same year she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Works

  • Tones, Ballet, 1970
  • The Beloved, ballet ( with Judith Hamilton ), 1972
  • Haiku, Ballet, 1973
  • Dougla, ballet ( with Geoffrey Holder ), 1974
  • Namiac Poems for Voices and mixed ensemble, 1975
  • Spiritual Suite for narrator, two sopranos, chorus and ensemble, 1976
  • Criollo Concerto for Orchestra, 1980
  • Pet's Suite for Flute and Piano, 1980
  • Maggie Magalita, music for the play by Wendy Kesselman, 1980
  • Belé, ballet ( with Geoffrey Holder ), 1981
  • Permutation for Seven Winds, Strings and Percussion, 1981
  • De - Orishas for two sopranos and instruments (Text of Betty Neals ), 1982
  • The Golden Windows, play in three acts (Text by Robert Wilson ), 1982
  • Ascend for brass and percussion, 1983
  • Four Pieces for Cello Solo, 1983
  • Momentum for piano, 1984
  • ¡ Paisanos Semo! for Guitar, 1984
  • Batá for orchestra, 1985, 1988
  • A La Par for piano and percussion, 1986
  • Singin ' sepia, Five Songs to texts by Rita Dove for soprano, clarinet, violin and piano four- hands, 1986
  • Elegia a Paul Robeson for Violin, Cello and Piano, 1987
  • Ritual for piano, 1987
  • Pueblo Mulato Three Songs on Poems by Nicolás Guillén for soprano and instruments, 1987
  • Kabiosile for orchestra, 1988
  • Parajota delate for Winds, Strings and Piano, 1988
  • Heart of Ours - A Piece for Tenor, Male Choir and Instruments ( text by R. Sandecki ), 1988
  • Batey for two sopranos, countertenor, two tenors and bass, 1989
  • To and Fro, Four Songs on Poems by Alison Knowles for medium voice and piano, 1990
  • Journey for High Voice, Flute and Harp, 1990
  • Carabalí for orchestra, 1991
  • Indígena, 1991
  • Ajiaco for electric guitar and piano, 1992
  • Arenas d'un Tiempo for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, 1992
  • Crossings of Brass, 1992
  • Son Sonora for Flute and Guitar, 1993
  • Scourge of Hyacinths, opera based on a play by Wole Soyinka, 1994, 1999
  • Para Viola y Orquesta, 1994
  • Sin normas ajenas for winds, strings and percussion, 1994
  • " Or like a ... " for baritone, cello and percussion ( text by John Ashbery ), 1994
  • Seven Spirituals for Orchestra, 1995
  • Hechizos, 1995
  • Tau for electric oboe, electric bass and keyboards, 1995
  • De Color, 1996-97
  • Drummin ', 1997
  • Saoko for wind quintet, 1997
  • Sol de Doce for twelve solo voices ( text by Pedro Mir ), 1997
  • Entre nos for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano, 1998
  • Bailarín for Guitar, 1998
  • Horizons for orchestra, 1999
  • May the Road Be Free for children's choir and percussion ( text by John Marsden ), 1999
  • Alegre for wind ensemble, 2000
  • Caracol for violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano, 2000
  • De Memorias for Woodwinds, 2000
  • Fanfarria for brass and percussion, 2000
  • Fanfarria for brass and percussion, 2000
  • Satiné for two pianos, 2000
  • Turning, song cycle for soprano, piano and cello, 2000
  • Ivo, Ivo for soprano and instruments (Text with Manuel Martin ), 2000
  • Desde ... for orchestra, 2001
  • Rezos for mixed chorus ( text by Jamaica Kincaid ), 2001
  • Canto, song cycle for baritone, clarinet, marimba, cello and piano, 2001
  • Axon for violin and computer, 2002
  • A Row of buttons for female choir (Text Fae Myenne Ng ), 2002
  • Love After Love for soprano and marimba (Text by Derek Walcott ), 2002
  • Duende for baritone and percussion, 2003
  • Mistica for piano, 2003
  • Hebras d ' Luz for electric viola, 2004
  • La Tina for piano, 2004
  • Variación for piano, 2004
  • Samarkand for narrator, mixed choir, children's choir saxophone and percussion, 2005
  • Did not My Lord Deliver Daniel for baritone and orchestra, 2005
  • Tumbao for piano, 2005
  • Reflections for soprano and instrumental ensemble ( text by Rita Dove ), 2006
  • Toque, 2006
  • Para Noah for piano, 2006
  • Metisse for mixed choir and percussion, 2006
  • Reflections for soprano and instruments (Text with Rita Dove ), 2006
  • Raices ( Tabla Raza ), 2007
  • Abanico for violin and computer, 2007
  • Alma for flute and piano, 2007
  • Atwood Songs for soprano and piano (text by Margaret Atwood ), 2007
  • Acana for orchestra, 2008
  • Tiempo en Clave for cello and percussion, 2008
  • Ancients for two sopranos and instruments, 2008
  • Estampas for mixed chorus (text by Maya Islas, Iraida Iturralde and Alina Galiano ), 2008
  • INURA, Ballet, 2009
  • Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas, 2009
  • Cuarteto No.. 2, string quartet, 2011
  • Rimas Tropicales for girls chorus ( text by Carlos Pintado ), 2011
  • CUMBA Cumbakin for instrumental ensemble

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