Julia Wolfe
Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958 in Philadelphia ) is an American composer and university professor. In 2015 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize of Music for her oratorio Anthracite Fields .
life and work
Wolfe studied first at the University of Michigan , then at Yale University a . a. with Martin Bresnick , where she did her Master of Music in 1986, followed by a PhD scholarship from Princeton University . In 1987 she founded the Bang on a Can Festival, which is dedicated to new music, together with David Lang and her husband Michael Gordon . In 1992 a Fulbright scholarship enabled her to work with the Orkest De Volharding in Amsterdam, where she also came into contact with Louis Andriessen , who influenced her. Wolfe has given master classes and seminars at various US universities. Since 2009 she has been a member of the composition faculty of the New York University belonging Steinhardt School .
Wolfe's compositional work is based on post-minimalism . Later she also took up influences from rock music , such as Led Zeppelin . Many of her works use strings, from quartet to orchestra, including Cruel Sister for string orchestra, commissioned by the Munich Chamber Orchestra , and My Beautiful Scream , composed for the Kronos Quartet and the Orchester National de France . Wolfe's oratorio Anthracite Fields , which premiered in Philadelphia in 2014 and is dedicated to the lives of workers in the Pennsylvanian coal mines , earned her the 2015 Pulitzer Prize of Music .
In 2016 Wolfe was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship . She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2017 . In 2018 she became composer in residence with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra .
literature
- Kyle Gann: Wolfe, Julia. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
- Homepage Julia Wolfe (engl.)
- To the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development (Engl.)
- Biographer. Information pulitzer.org (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Meet the 2016 MacArthur Fellows , accessed September 22, 2016
- ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 22, 2019 .
- ^ Dallas Symphony Orchestra Announces Julia Wolfe As Composer-in-Residence. In: mydso.com. September 11, 2018, accessed April 21, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfe, Julia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |