David Lang, composer

Born: January 8, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA

Education: received a BA with Honors from Stanford University, MM from University of Iowa, and MMA and DMA from Yale University School of Music; studied with Donald Jenni, Richard Hervig, Jacob Druckman, Hans Werner Henze, and Martin Bresnick

Teaching Positions: Currently serving on the composition faculty at the Yale School of Music; also currently Distinguished Visiting Professor of Composition and Composer in Residence at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Awards and Honors: Pulitzer Prize in Music for the little match girl passion, 2008; Bessie Award for The Most Dangerous Room in the House, 1999; Village Voice OBIE Award for Best New American Work for The Carbon Copy Building, 2000; Rome Prize; BMW Music-Theater Prize (Munich); grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters

Co-Founded: Bang on a Can in 1987 with Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe, which is dedicated to commissioning, performing, creating, presenting and recording contemporary music

Recent Works: The Passing Measures, Writing on Water, Shelter, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, Grind to a Halt, Loud Love Songs