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Hannah Lash (* 22 November 1981 in Alfred, New York) is an American composer of concert music who serves on the faculty of the Yale School of Music.

Life

Hannah Lash was born in Alfred, New York, USA on November 22, 1981. She began her studies in music during early childhood, and continued to pursue music throughout her education. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music in 2004, a performance degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2008, a PhD from Harvard University in 2010, and an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music in 2012. Her primary teachers include Martin Bresnick, Bernard Rands, Julian Anderson, Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, and Robert Morris.

Lash was appointed to the composition faculty of the Yale School of Music in 2013. During the 2013-14 season, Lash served as Composer in Residence with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, as well as being the Sound Investment Composer with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In 2016, Lash composed new works for pianist Lisa Moore and loadbang for a Portrait Concert at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre. In 2017-2018, Lash’s Piano Concerto No. 1 “In Pursuit of Flying” was given its premiere performances by Jeremy Denk and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; the Atlantic Classical Orchestra debuted Facets of Motion for orchestra, and Music for Nine, Ringing was performed at the Music Academy of the West School and Festival. In 2018-2019, Paul Appleby and Natalia Katyukova gave the world premiere of Songs of Imagined Love, a song cycle commissioned by Carnegie Hall. Lash’s chamber opera, Desire, premiered at Columbia’s Miller Theatre in October, 2019. Her Concerto for piano and harp was premiered in November 2019 by the Naples Philharmonic, and in August 2020, Hub New Music premiered Lash’s The Nature of Breaking, with Lash performing harp.

Lash’s works have been commissioned by orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Her chamber music has been commissioned and performed by the JACK Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Arditti Quartet, the Jupiter Quartet, loadbang, and Hub New Music, among others. Her music has been presented in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival and School, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, New York City Opera’s VOX, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lash’s awards and honors include a Fromm Foundation Commission, a fellowship from Yaddo Artist Colony, the Naumburg Prize, the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, a Charles Ives Scholarship (2011) and Charles Ives Fellowship (2016) from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Barnard Rogers Prize, and the Bernard and Rose Sernoffsky Prize.

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List of opera

Chorwerk

  • From the Depths I Cry Out für ChorWorld premiere 20. Juni 2014 at New Haven, CT
  • Requiem für Chor und OrchesterWorld premiere 24. September 2018 at St. Mary’s Church, New Haven, CT
  • Requiem Pro Avibus Mortuis für ChorWorld premiere 22. April 2012 at Park Avenue Christian Church, NY

Duett

  • Leaves, Space für Kontrabaß und HarfeWorld premiere 03. Juni 2015 at Arizona in Tucson
  • Two Movements für Violine und KlavierWorld premiere 13. November 2015 at Washington, DC, Library of Congress
  • C für Vibraphon und KlavierWorld premiere 03. November 2011 at Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music

Konzert

  • Konzert für Harfe und KammerochesterWorld premiere 23. Oktober 2015 at New York, NY, Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall
  • Konzert Nr. 2 für Harfe undOchesterWorld premiere 31. Juli 2016 at Colorado Springs, CO
  • Doppelkonzert für Klavier, Harfe und OrchesterWorld premiere 14. November 2019 at Artis-Naples, Naples, FL

Lied

  • Blood Rose für Alt, Kauntertenor und StreichquartettLied für StreicherWorld premiere 24. September 2010 at Park Avenue Christian Church, NY
  • Violations für 3 Frauenstimmen, 2 Klavier, 2 Vibraphon und ElektronikWorld premiere 28. März 2013 at Yale School of Music
  • Music for Eight Lungs für Männerstimme, Baßklarinette und TrompeteWorld premiere 07. April 2016 at Miller Theatre, New York, NY
  • Stoned Prince für Männerstimme, Trompete, Posaune und BaßklarinetteWorld premiere April 2011 at Symphony Space, Cutting Edge Festival, NY

Oktett

  • Selves für 8 StreicherWorld premiere 26. Januar 2012 at The Tank, New York, NY

Oper

  • Desire für KammeroperWorld premiere 16. Oktober 2019 at Miller Theatre, NY
  • Beowulf für KammeroperWorld premiere 20. Mai 2016 at Boston, MA, Zack Box Theater at Boston Conservatory

Orchesterstück

  • Fault Lines für Flöte und StreicherWorld premiere 27. August 2019 at Presteigne, Wales
  • In Pursuit of Flying für Klavier und OrchesterWorld premiere 25. Mai 2018 at St. Paul, MN, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
  • The Peril of Dreams für 2 Harfe und OrchesterWorld premiere 18. November 2021 at Seattle, WA
  • Music for Loss für 2 Percussion, Streicher, Harfe und Celesta World premiere 08. Dezember 2011 at Woolsey Hall, Yale School of Music
  • God Music Bug Music für 4 Percussion, Streicher, Harfe und Klavier World premiere 06. Januar 2012 at Minnesota
  • Eating Flowers für Orchester und PercussionWorld premiere 15. August 2015 at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, CA;
  • Forestallings für KammerorchesterWorld premiere 10. Januar 2020 at Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
  • Hush für KammerorchesterWorld premiere 09. September 2011 at Silver Spring, MD
  • This Ease für KammerorchesterWorld premiere 26. April 2014 at Los Angeles
  • Nymphs für Percussion, Orchester, Harfe und Celesta World premiere 02. Mai 2014 at Birmingham, Alabama
  • Moth Sketches für Orchester und PercussionWorld premiere 03. Oktober 2013 at Yale School of Music
  • Facets of Motion für Percussion und StreicherWorld premiere 04. April 2018 at Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Quartett

  • Frayed für StreichquartettWorld premiere 07. Mai 2010 at Look and Listen Festival, NYC
  • Pulse-Space für StreichquartettWorld premiere 22. Februar 2015 at New York, NY; Peter B. Lewis Theater, Guggenheim Museum
  • Total Internal Reflection für StreichquartettWorld premiere Juni 2013 at Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Detroit, MI

Quintett

  • Filigree in Textile für Harfe und StreichquartettWorld premiere 16. Oktober 2011 at Miller Theatre, Columbia University
  • Leander and Hero für Flöte, Oboe, Cello, Fagott und HornWorld premiere 09. Februar 2016 at New Haven, CT, Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music

Sextett

  • Subtilior, Lamento für Flöte, Klarinette, Klavier, Percussion, Violine und Cello World premiere 02. Mai 2012 at Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall

Sonate

  • Violinensonate Nr. 1World premiere 09. Februar 2016 at New Haven, CT, Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music

Stück

  • For Ben für E-GitarreWorld premiere 25. Januar 2014 at New Haven, CT, Morse Recital Hall, Yale School of Music
  • Stalk für HarfeWorld premiere 29. September 2008 at American Modern Ensemble, the Times Center
  • Liebesbrief an Schumann für KlavierWorld premiere 21. September 2014 at Chatham, NJ, Lyrica Chamber Music
  • Give Me Your Songs für KlavierWorld premiere 20. Mai 2016 at Pasadena, CA, Boston Court Performing Arts Center
  • Six Etudes and a Dream für KlavierWorld premiere 07. April 2016 at New York, NY, Miller Theatre, Columbia University
  • Passage für KlavierWorld premiere 05. Juli 2021 at Bedminster, NJ, Center for Musical Excellence
  • Chaconnes für StreicherWorld premiere 05. Juni 2016 at New York, NY, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
  • Secrets für Trompete und ElektronikWorld premiere 2013 at The Stone, NY

Suite

  • Suite "Remebered and Imagined" für Streicher

Symphonie

  • The Voynich SymphonyWorld premiere 01. Oktober 2015 at New Haven, CT, Woolsey Hall

Trio

  • Around für KlaviertrioWorld premiere 05. August 2015 at Bennington College, Carriage House, Bennington, VT
  • Three Shades Without Angles für Flöte, Viola und HarfeWorld premiere 09. Februar 2014 at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Discography

Sheet music

Score for choire

Take My Heartfor 4-stimmig4 part, A-Cappellaa cappella, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score



for 4-stimmig4 part, A-Cappellaa cappella, Gemischter Chormixed choir;
Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score

Novemberfor 3-stimmig3 part; Percussionpercussion



for 3-stimmig3 part; Percussionpercussion

Score for chamber music

Les Espaces du Sommeil (2016)for Harfeharp



for Harfeharp

Friction, Pressure, Impact (2012)for Cellocello, Klavierpiano



for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

Around for piano trio (2015)for Klavierpiano



for Klavierpiano

How to Remember Seeds (2017)for Streicherstrings



for Streicherstrings

Give Me Your Songs (2016)for Klavierpiano



for Klavierpiano

Leaves, Space (2014)for Harfeharp, Kontrabassdoublebass



for Harfeharp, Kontrabassdoublebass

Stalk (2008)for Harfeharp







for Harfeharp

Passage (2020)for Klavierpiano

for Klavierpiano

For Ben (2014)for Gitarreguitar



for Gitarreguitar

Four Still (2005)for Streicherstrings



for Streicherstrings

Sonata (2015)for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin



for Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Miele (2014)for Violineviolin



for Violineviolin

Start (2018)for Percussionpercussion



for Percussionpercussion

Total Internal Reflectionfor Cellocello, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Streicherstrings, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Glockenliebefor Glockenspielglockenspiel

for Glockenspielglockenspiel

Three Movements for Horn Triofor Hornfrench horn, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

for Hornfrench horn, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Violationsfor Klavierpiano, Vibraphonvibraphone, Violaviola

for Klavierpiano, Vibraphonvibraphone, Violaviola

Quintet in Four Movementsfor Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin





for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Kontrabassdoublebass, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Tree Suitefor Harfeharp



for Harfeharp

Music for Eight Lungsfor Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Posaunetrombone, Trompetetrumpet



for Bassklarinettebass clarinet, Posaunetrombone, Trompetetrumpet

Ludusfor Orgelorgel



for Orgelorgel

Score for orchestra

Moth Sketches
Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score


Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score