Quijotadas I. Alborada - Music

Gabriela Lena Frank B. Berkeley California United States September 1972 Is An American Composer Of Contemporary Classical Music And Pianist. Gabriela Lena Frank's Father Is An American Of Lithuanian Jewish Heritage And Her Mother Is Peruvian Of Chinese Descent. She Grew Up In Berkeley California. Her Parents Met When Her Father Was A Peace Corps Volunteer In Peru In The 1960s. Frank Is A Graduate Of Rice University And Received A D.M.A. In Music Composition From The University Of Michigan In 2001. She Has Studied Composition With William Albright Leslie Bassett William Bolcom Michael Daugherty And Samuel Jones. While She Was Still A Doctoral Student In 2000 Her "Sonata Andina" Was Among The Winners In A Professional Competition The Search For New Music Of The International Alliance For Women In Music. Frank's Music Has Been Commissioned And Performed By The Kronos Quartet Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man San Francisco Symphony Houston Symphony Chanticleer Ensemble The Chiara String Quartet The Brentano Quartet Yo Yo Ma And The Silk Road Project Carnegie Hall The Marilyn Horne Foundation Guitarist Manuel Barrueco With The Cuarteto Latinoamericano The King's Singers Directors Of The Chamber Music Society At Lincoln Center Wu Han And David Finckel Also Cellist With The Emerson Quartet Soprano Dawn Upshaw And The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra And Others. Past Performances Include Those By The Boston Symphony The San Francisco Symphony The Chicago Symphony The Atlanta Symphony The Baltimore Symphony And The Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series. She Has Served As Composer-In-Residence With The Modesto Symphony The Fort Worth Symphony The Indianapolis Symphony The Aspen Music Festival The Seattle Symphony The Nashville Symphony And Many Others. She Currently Serves As Composer-In-Residence With The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra And Creative Advisor To The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. 2 She Has Been Featured At Many Festivals Around The World Including Music@Menlo Tanglewood Music Festival And The Chicago Chamber Players. In 2007 Frank Was Awarded With Her Third Carnegie Hall Commission As Part Of Their New Music At Carnegie Program. 3 2009 Was An Especially Eventful Year For Frank As She Was Awarded A Guggenheim Fellowship As Well As A Latin Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Classical Music Composition For Inca Dances Tonar Label Which Was Written For Guitarist Manuel Barrueco And The Cuarteto Latinoamericano. She Was Also The Feature Of A PBS Documentary Entitled "Peregrinos" Produced By Emmy-Winning Producer Aric Hartvig Regarding Her Residency With The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Between 2007 And 2009 Where With An Award From The Joyce Foundation She Composed A Work Inspired By The Stories Of Latino Immigrants In Indianapolis. In The Fall Of 2009 She Accepted A Position With Her Hometown Orchestra The Berkeley Symphony Orchestra To Serve As Its New Creative Advisor Where She Works Closely With Conductor Joana Carneiro To Assist With Designing Orchestral Programming Mentor Composers In The Under Construction Program And Identify Other Areas Of Artistic Growth. Gabriela Lena Frank Is A Member Of The Silk Road Ensemble Under The Direction Of Cellist Yo Yo Ma. Her Composition Ritmos Anchinos Appears On The Silk Road Ensemble's Album Off The Map World Village & In A Circle Records 2009 . "Off The Map" Was Nominated For A Grammy For Best Classical Crossover Album For 2010. In 2010 Frank Won A United States Artists Fellow Award. 4 . In 2011 Frank Released A Complete CD Of Her Works On The Naxos Label With The Nashville-Based ALIAS Ensemble Featuring A New Mixed Quartet Written Expressly For ALIAS. In Its First Week Of Release It Broke Into The Billboard's Top 100 Classical Recordings And Was Subsequently Awarded A Rare "10/10" Rating By Classics Today. Frank Is A Frequent Collaborator With Caminos Del Inka Under The Direction Of Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya. She Works Closely With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Nilo Cruz In The Creation Of Original New Musical Works For Voice. Frank And Mr. Cruz Recently Completed A Set Of Orchestral Songs For Dawn Upshaw And The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Frank Is Also Active As A Pianist Having Recorded The Complete Piano Works Of Pulitzer Prize Winning Composer Leslie Bassett On The Equilibrium Label. Recent Performances Include Those With Current And Former Members Of The Los Angeles Philharmonic The San Francisco Symphony The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra St. Luke's Orchestra The Lydian Quartet The Manhattan Quartet And The Boston Symphony Orchestra. Frank Is A Freelance Composer Who Lives In The San Francisco Bay Area But Travels Frequently In North And South America. She Is Often A Guest Artist At Universities And Conservatories Giving Performances Lectures And Lessons. She Is A Member Of The Prestigious Roster Of G. Schirmer Exclusively Published And Managed. read less