{"id":159011,"date":"2022-05-12T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=159011"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:15:18","slug":"pulitzer-finalist-leilehua-lanzilotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/12\/pulitzer-finalist-leilehua-lanzilotti\/","title":{"rendered":"Bj\u00f6rk album performer, UH<\/abbr> music lecturer named Pulitzer finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music is the latest major accolade for a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa music lecturer. Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) musician, composer and scholar Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti<\/strong> was named one of two Pulitzer finalists for a composition called “with eyes the color of time.”<\/p>\n

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Eli Spindel conducts the viola section of the String Orchestra of Brooklyn in the premiere recording of with eyes the color of time, Oktaven Audio, NY. (Photo credit: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 32-minute piece is inspired by works in The Contemporary Museum (Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House) when it first opened in 1988. The Honolulu Museum of Art closed its Spalding House location to the public in 2019. The piece premiered on August 6, 2021, at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City by the String Orchestra of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

The composition \u200b\u200bcombines experimental string textures and episodes of melting lyricism. The works of art featured include: George Rickey\u2019s kinetic sculpture Two Open Triangles Up, Gyratory III<\/abbr><\/em> (1988), Deborah Butterfield\u2019s Nahele<\/em> (1986), James Seawright\u2019s Mirror XV<\/abbr><\/em> (1987), Toshiko Takaezu\u2019s moons (a series of sculptures she often referred to by the Hawaiian word, mahina<\/em>) and David Hockney\u2019s L\u2019Enfant et les sortiléges<\/em> (originally conceived as a set for the opera by Maurice Ravel of the same name). The title of the entire work, “with eyes the color of time,” comes from a phrase in the Ravel opera.<\/p>\n

“I immediately called my collaborators in the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, the audio engineer Ryan Streber, and the head of New Focus Recordings, Dan Lippel to share the news and thank them for their amazing and generous work on the recording of this piece—a big part of what the committee used for evaluating the work. I am so grateful to everyone who made this possible, and it was exciting to be able to share the news with them!” Lanzilotti said. “Being a finalist is a great honor, especially with the wonderful cohort this year: fellow finalist Andy Akiho, and winner Raven Chacon!”<\/p>\n

More about Lanzilotti<\/h2>\n
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Close up of the “with eyes the color of time” score (Photo credit: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lanzilotti is currently a UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa lecturer in music composition and viola. She is the recipient of several awards, including the 2020 Native Launchpad Artist Award, a National Performance Network Creation Fund Award and 2021 McKnight Visiting Composer Residency.<\/p>\n

As a recording artist, Lanzilotti played the viola on albums, including Björk’s Vulnicura Live<\/em>, Joan Osborne’s Love and Hate<\/em>, Dai Fujikura’s Chance Monsoon<\/em> and David Lang\u2019s anatomy theater<\/em>. She has also published articles in Music & Literature<\/em> and Neue Zeitschrift für Musik<\/em>, and written program notes for the London Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

The Honolulu native studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Yale School of Music and Manhattan School of Music. Lanzilotti was a faculty member at New York University, University of Northern Colorado, Casalmaggiore International Music Festival and Point CounterPoint Music Festival.<\/p>\n

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Isamu Noguchi\u2019s Sky Gate<\/em> (Photo credit: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lanzilotti\u2019s next concert in Honolulu is on May 26, at noon at the City and County of Honolulu Civic Center. Chamber Music Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will perform the world premiere of her new piece called “Sky Gate<\/a>,” which honors Isamu Noguchi\u2019s sculpture on the civic center grounds.<\/p>\n

Lanzilotti\u2019s work is an example of UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goals of Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), two of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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