‘Anti-concerto’ wins Pulitzer Prize for Music
OrchestrasTyshawn Sorey, who characterises himself as a ‘composer-musician who never had the makings of a varsity athlete’, has been awarded the 2024 Pulizter Prize for a piece called ‘Adagio’.
Co-commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony and the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, Sorey describes the 20-minute score for saxophone and orchestra as an ‘anti-concerto’ that offers a ‘respite from the chaos and intrusiveness of modern life.’
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