Laura Schwendinger

Laura Schwendinger, Professor of Composition, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Artistic Director, Contemporary Ensemble; first composer winner of the American Academy Berlin Prize. Performed by Dawn Upshaw, Arditti Quartet, Jennifer Koh, Janine Jansen, Matt Haimovitz, Jack Quartet, ICE, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra; at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Theatre Chatelet. in Just-spring is on Ms. Upshaw's TDK/DVD Voices of Our Time. Honors include: Guggenheim, Fromm, Koussevitsky, Radcliffe Institute, American Academy Arts/Letters (2), Copland House, Harvard Musical Association, Miller Theatre, first prize ALEA III; MacDowell, Yaddo, Bellagio, Bogliasco, AAR residencies, Ph.D., UCB.