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Tyshawn Sorey
Composer
© John Rogers
Biography
Born in Newark, Tyshawn Sorey is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor. He performs around the world with his ensembles and alongside musicians such as John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, King Britt, Claire Chase, Roscoe Mitchell, and Steve Lehman.
In 2024, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Music for Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith). He is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow and a 2018 United States Artists Fellow. He has composed for the International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, Julia Bullock, the PRISM Quartet, JACK Quartet, TAK Ensemble, Brooklyn Rider, A Far Cry, Seth Parker Woods, Matt Haimovitz, Davone Tines, Alarm Will Sound, Awadagin Pratt, Roomful of Teeth, Sarah Rothenberg, Johnny Gandelsman, and Lawrence Brownlee.
Since 2020, he has been a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is an Associate Professor of Music Composition. He regularly works with various institutions, including Wesleyan University, Columbia University, Harvard University, the New England Conservatory, and the Danish Rhythmic Conservatory.
In spring 2023, he premiered Be Holding with Yarn / Wire. His trio with Aaron Diehl and Harish Raghavan also performs with Sandbox Percussion in Cogitations.
Paris Opera debut
