Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon

Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (b. 1962 in Guadalajara, México) is a Mexican-American composer and chair of the composition department at Eastman School of Music. His Comala (2010, Bridge Records 9325^[1]) was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music^[2] and he was awarded a Guggenhiem Fellowship in 1995, a Mozart Medal in 1994, and a Lillian Fairchild Award in 2011. He was a student of George Crumb.

Comala, a cantata based on Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, was premiered by The Furious Band at the Festival Música y Escena in México City.

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External links

• "Biography", Zohn-Muldoon.com.
• "Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon", ESM.Rochester.edu.
• (07 Jan 2010). "An Interview with Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon", OperaToday.com.

Finalists: Pulitzer Prize for Music (2011–2020) Fred Lerdahl ('11): Arches Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon ('11): Comala Tod Machover ('12): Death and the Powers Andrew Norman ('12): The Companion Guide to Rome Aaron Jay Kernis ('13): Pieces of Winter Sky Wadada Leo Smith ('13): Ten Freedom Summers ... ('14) ... (Winners) (Citations) (Finalists: '80s '90s '00s '10s)