Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (/teɪf ˈzwɪlɪk/ tayf ZWIL-ik; born April 30, 1939) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s, she had shifted to a postmodernist, neoromantic style. She has been called "one of America's most frequently played and genuinely popular living composers." She was a 1994 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Zwilich has served as the Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor at Florida State University.

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Born
Ellen Taaffe

(1939-04-30) 30 April 1939
Miami, Florida, U.S.
EducationFlorida State University
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
EraContemporary
Awards
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