An evening of music and conversation in honor of Tania León
Please join us for this intimate fundraising event to support The Harlem Chamber Players and our work, including community and educational programs.
Many of our concerts are free and open to the public, and when we do charge admission, ticket prices cover less than 20% of the costs of producing the concert. We need your support to continue bringing live affordable and accessible music uptown.
Join us for music and an informal conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning composer and Kennedy Center honoree Tania León. This evening will include performances by members of The Harlem Chamber Players and light fare. Founder and executive director Liz Player will interview Tania León. Bring your own question to a brief Q&A session with the audience!
FEATURING
Tania León, guest of honor
Ashley Horne, violin
Claire Chan, violin
William Frampton, viola
Wayne Smith, cello
Empanadas, wines, and dessert will be served.
RSVP no later than April 29th.
TICKETS
Tickets start at $150. Click here or on the button below to purchase.
ABOUT TANIA LEÓN
Cuban-born American composer, conductor and educator Tania León is one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of her, or any other, generation. She was the first Latin American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2021; in 2022 she was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime artistic achievements; in 2023, she received the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition from Northwestern University and became the first woman to be honored with the highest composition prize conferred by Spain, the XIX Premio SGAE for Iberian American Music Tomás Luis de Victoria; and in 2025, she was the recipient of the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Award, the Trustees Award.
In 2025, As a composer, she has been commissioned by leading orchestras around the world, held Carnegie Hall’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair for its 2023-2024 season, and currently serves as Composer-in-Residence with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. As a conductor, she studied under Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, and has guest conducted the New York Philharmonic, Gewandhausorchester, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and many more.
As an educator, she has guest lectured and served as Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Yale University, Chicago University, Musikschule in Hamburg, and others, and has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the Juilliard School, Columbia University, Oberlin, The Curtis Institute of Music, Colgate University, SUNY Purchase College, New Jersey City University, and Brooklyn College.
León has served as an advisor to the New York Philharmonic and American Composers Orchestra, and in 2010 she founded Composers Now with the mission of empowering living composers.
ACCESSIBILITY
Ramp access is available at the Center’s main entrance at 1280 Fifth Avenue. The Center’s installation space, Teranga, and restroom facilities are wheelchair accessible.