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Composer website: http://www.lisabielawa.net/
Composer-vocalist Lisa Bielawa is a 2009 Rome Prize winner in Musical Composition. She takes inspiration for her work from literary sources and close artistic collaborations.
The New York Times describes her music as, ruminative, pointillistic and harmonically slightly tart. She is the recipient of the 2017 Music Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters.
Bielawa began touring as the vocalist with the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1992, and in 1997 co-founded the MATA Festival, which celebrates the work of young composers. Bielawa was appointed Artistic Director of the San Francisco Girls Chorus in 2013 and recently completed her residency
at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, California. Her discography includes albums on the Tzadik, TROY, Innova,
BMOP/sound, Orange Mountain Music and Sono Luminus labels. Bielawa's music is frequently performed throughout the US and Europe, with recent and upcoming highlights including two world premieres at the 2016 NY PHIL BIENNIAL,
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