Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (born 1962, in
Guadalajara, México) is a Mexican-American
composer and chair of the composition department at
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman.
It offers Bachelor of Music ...
. He received the
Helen L. Weiss Music Prize in 1991. His ''
Comala
Comala () is a town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Colima, near the state capital of Colima. It has been nicknamed the “White Village of America” as the facades of the buildings in town have all been painted white since the 1 ...
'' (2010, Bridge Records 9325) was a finalist for the 2011
Pulitzer Prize for Music
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The 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Music
, ''Pulitzer.org''. and he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995, a Mozart Medal in 1994, and a Lillian Fairchild Award in 2011. He was a student of George Crumb.
''Comala'', a cantata based on Juan Rulfo
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo ( ; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and th ...
's ''Pedro Páramo
''Pedro Páramo'' is a novel written by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo about a man named Juan Preciado, who promises his mother on her deathbed to meet Preciado's father for the first time in the town of Comala, only to come across a literal ghost t ...
'', was premiered by The Furious Band at the Festival Música y Escena in México City.
Sources
External links
Biography
, ''Zohn-Muldoon.com''.
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
, ''ESM.Rochester.edu''.
*(07 Jan 2010).
An Interview with Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
, ''OperaToday.com''.
1962 births
Living people
Mexican composers
Mexican male composers
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