Here is the second in a series of video profiles of Project 19 composers created by women filmmakers.
In Carolina Méndez’s profile of Tania León — the second composer whose work the Orchestra is premiering as part of Project 19, the Philharmonic’s celebration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment through 19 commissions by women composers — León welcomes the viewer to her home on the Hudson (“I was born on an island, and my spirit needs water … to quiet my soul”) and inside the composition process of her new work, Stride, written in memory of Susan B. Anthony (“In my imagination I saw this woman from a century ago moving forward like nobody’s business.”)
The New York Philharmonic premieres Tania León’s Stride, led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden, February 13, 15, and 18.
Watch the first video, profiling Nina C. Young.
