All shall have prizes: Tania’s 100 grand

It’s turning into a good year for the US-Cuban composer Tania Leon.

First, a residency with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Now a $100,000 gift.

Press release:

Tania León has been awarded the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition from the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.

Established in 2003, the Nemmers Prize in Music Composition honors classical music composers of outstanding achievement who have significantly influenced the field of composition.

Previous winners of the biennial award include John Adams (2004), Oliver Knussen (2006), Kaija Saariaho (2008), John Luther Adams (2010), Aaron Jay Kernis (2012) Esa-Pekka Salonen (2014), Steve Reich (2016), Jennifer Higdon (2018), and William Bolcom (2021).