Tania León: What it Means to be an American Composer

Tania León: What it Means to be an American Composer

By Frank J. Oteri
on August 1, 1999


Tania León
photo by Michael Provost, courtesy Kaylor Management, Inc.

Monday, July 12, 1999
American Music Center , New York NY

Tania León – Composer, Conductor, Education, Artistic Advisor
Frank J. Oteri – Editor, NewMusicBox @ the American Music Center

Interview transcribed by Karyn Joaquino

  1. Being an American Composer
  2. Cuba
  3. Nationalism in Music vs. Culture in a Pluralistic Society
  4. Latin Music
  5. First American Music Impressions
  6. Improvisation and Musical Analysis
  7. Conducting
  8. Gender
  9. Organizing Composers
  10. Sonidos de las Americas
  11. Reaching Out
  12. Recent Compositions

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