Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (born 1962, in Guadalajara, México) is a Mexican-American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and chair of the composition department at Eastman School of Music. He received the

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Music Prize in 1991. His ''

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'' (2010, Bridge Records 9325) was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for MusicThe 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Music
, ''Pulitzer.org''. and he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995, a Mozart Medal in 1994, and a

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in 2011. He was a student of

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. ''Comala'', a

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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''. 1962 births Living people Mexican composers Mexican male composers {{mexico-composer-stub