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David Lang


Albums

death speaks
The Woodmans: Music from the Film
this was written by hand
Music From the Film (Untitled)
Free (Untitled) Soundtrack Sampler
Elevated
Child
The Passing Measures
This is Not a Clarinet
Classics
So Percussion
AC/DC
Terminal Velocity
The Carbon Copy Building
Brian Eno: Music for Airports (Live)
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary

Tour

DateVenueLocationInfo
06/28/13Teatra StudioRome, EU ItalyDavid Lang's cheating, lying, stealing performed by ECHP Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble
07/13/13Governor's Island at Colonels RowNew York, NY USABang 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
07/20/13Glimmerglass FestivalOtsego Lake, NY USAThe Glimmerglass Festival premieres David Lang's when we were children
08/23/13Edinburgh FestivalEdinburgh United KingdomBang 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
08/23/13Carnegie Hall Zankel HallNew York, NY USASo Percussion performs David Lang's these so called laws of nature
08/26/13Ravinia FestivalHighland Park, IL USADavid Lang's little match girl passion and these broken wings performed at Ravinia Festival
02/20/14Carnegie Hall Zankel HallNew York, NY USAThe Crossing and the American Composers Orchestra perform David Lang's statement to the court
03/08/14Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing ArtsHouston, TX USADa Camera performs David Lang's the little match girl passion
03/26/14Carnegie Hall Zankel HallNew York, NY USAEnsemble ACJW performs David Lang's pierced
04/06/14Walt Disney Concert HallLos Angeles, CA USALA Master Chorale performs David Lang's the little match girl passion
04/08/14Disney HallLos Angeles, CA USALos Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella performs David Lang's death speaks
04/29/14Carnegie Hall Zankel HallNew York, NY USAWorld Premiere of David Lang's mystery sonatas performed by Augustin Hadelich, violin
06/08/14Walt Disney Concert HallLos Angeles, CA USADavid 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.

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