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Jennifer Higdon

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American composer

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1962 · age 63
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Jennifer Elaine Higdon is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto in 2010, Viola Concerto in 2018, and Harp...

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Awards 4

2018Nemmers Prize in Music Composition
2010Pulitzer Prize for Music
1999Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Jennifer Elaine Higdon is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto in 2010, Viola Concerto in 2018, and Harp Concerto in 2020. Elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019, she was a professor of composition at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1994 to 2021.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1962 · age 63
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13 languages

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