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Shulamit Ran

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Shulamit Ran · Arts & Literature

What

Classical composer

When

1949, Tel Aviv, Israel

Where

Israel · United States

Biography

Shulamit Ran is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Classical composer

How & why

Ran is an Israeli-American composer of contemporary classical music whose Symphony won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1991, making her the second woman to receive the award. A child prodigy in Tel Aviv, she studied and later taught composition at the University of Chicago, writing acclaimed orchestral, chamber and operatic works. She is Israeli and Jewish, born and raised in Israel.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Classical composer

1949

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music