Jennifer Higdon can add the 2010 Pulitzer Prize to her ever-growing list of accolades. She received the award today for her Violin Concerto, which was premiered by soloist Hilary Hahn (her former student at the Curtis Institute) in 2009. It was commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and The Curtis Institute of Music.
The concerto is published by Lawdon Press, which is run by Higdon’s longtime partner Cheryl Lawson. Read Higdon’s program note on the piece here.
In January, Higdon, 48, received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto, recorded by Colin Currie and the London Philharmonic.
Previously on MyBigGayEars:
Jennifer Higdon Comes Out on Top (Aug 09)
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