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| Date | Venue | Location | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/28/13 | Teatra Studio | Rome, EU Italy | David Lang's cheating, lying, stealing performed by ECHP Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble |
| 07/13/13 | Governor's Island at Colonels Row | New York, NY USA | Bang On A Can All Stars perform Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint Michael Gordon: Industry David Lang: sunray Julia Wolfe: Lick Thurston Moore: Stroking Piece #1 Louis Andriessen: Workers Union |
| 07/20/13 | Glimmerglass Festival | Otsego Lake, NY USA | The Glimmerglass Festival premieres David Lang's when we were children |
| 08/23/13 | Edinburgh Festival | Edinburgh United Kingdom | Bang On A Can All Stars perform music by Music by Laurie Anderson (World Premiere, EIF co-commission), Todd Reynolds (UK premiere), Anna Clyne (UK premiere), Tyondai Braxton, Florent Ghys, Mira Calix, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Nick Zammuto and Christian Marclay |
| 08/23/13 | Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall | New York, NY USA | So Percussion performs David Lang's these so called laws of nature |
| 08/26/13 | Ravinia Festival | Highland Park, IL USA | David Lang's little match girl passion and these broken wings performed at Ravinia Festival |
| 02/20/14 | Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall | New York, NY USA | The Crossing and the American Composers Orchestra perform David Lang's statement to the court |
| 03/08/14 | Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts | Houston, TX USA | Da Camera performs David Lang's the little match girl passion |
| 03/26/14 | Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall | New York, NY USA | Ensemble ACJW performs David Lang's pierced |
| 04/06/14 | Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, CA USA | LA Master Chorale performs David Lang's the little match girl passion |
| 04/08/14 | Disney Hall | Los Angeles, CA USA | Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella performs David Lang's death speaks |
| 04/29/14 | Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall | New York, NY USA | World Premiere of David Lang's mystery sonatas performed by Augustin Hadelich, violin |
| 06/08/14 | Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles, CA USA | David Lang's the national anthems performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale |
Biography
David Lang is one of the most highly esteemed American composers writing today. His works have been performed around the world and in many of the great concert halls.
The recipient of a wide array of awards, Lang received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in music for the the little match girl passion, based on a fable by Hans Christian Andersen and Lang's own rewriting of the libretto to Bach's St. Matthew's Passion. The recording of the piece on Harmonia Mundi was awarded a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance.
His music is used regularly in ballet and dance productions around the world, by such choreographers as Benjamin Millepied, Twyla Tharp, Susan Marshall and Edouard Lock. Lang's film work includes the score for Jonathan Parker's recent (Untitled), the award-winning documentary The Woodmans, and the string arrangements for the soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream, performed by the Kronos Quartet.
In addition to his work as a composer, Lang co-founded Bang on a Can, a prominent new music festival in New York. He is Professor of composition at the Yale School of Music.
