/tags/pulitzer-prize Pulitzer Prize en-US Copyright Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:56:54 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-03-29/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-composer-caroline-shaw-part-2 During Women鈥檚 History Month, I continue my conversation with one of today鈥檚 most acclaimed women composers, Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw.In part 2鈥� Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:56:54 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-03-29/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-composer-caroline-shaw-part-2 Jennifer Hambrick /show/the-american-sound/2018-03-27/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-composer-caroline-shaw-part-1 As the saying goes, everything has a price. Had the entry fee for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize competition in music been more than $50, Caroline Shaw might not鈥� Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:45:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2018-03-27/a-conversation-with-pulitzer-prize-winning-composer-caroline-shaw-part-1 Jennifer Hambrick /2017-04-10/npr-news/2017-04-10/du-yun-wins-music-pulitzer-for-angels-bone The opera, by the 39-year-old Shanghai native, is a searing parable of human trafficking set to a score that ranges from Renaissance choral music to punk rock. Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:08:00 GMT /2017-04-10/npr-news/2017-04-10/du-yun-wins-music-pulitzer-for-angels-bone Tom Huizenga /classical-101/2016-02-11/ten-20th-century-composers-to-check-out-david-lang Being a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer puts you in a rarified place in the world of music. Samuel Barber and Gian-Carlo Menotti each won two, as did鈥� Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:47:50 GMT /classical-101/2016-02-11/ten-20th-century-composers-to-check-out-david-lang