Does
the name Ellen Taafe Zwilich sound familiar? This month Clef Notes is exploring
the music of modern-day composers and today, we will look at this woman who was
the first female to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music!
Ellen
Taafe Zwilich has written many impressive works, commissioned and performed by
the world’s top ensembles. She received her education from Juilliard and
currently holds a professorship at Florida State University. Did you know that
she received the Keys to the City from the Cincinnati mayor in 2000 after her Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra was
premiered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Jesus Lopez-Cobos?
Perhaps
you also heard a recent world premiere of one of her works, dedicated to and performed
by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio for their 40th anniversary. Pas de Trois was premiered as part of
the Linton Chamber Music Series during this past season. When you tune to 90.9 WGUC this Sunday, June 25 at 8pm, you’ll have the opportunity to hear this
world premiere performance as part of our Music Cincinnati Series!
