Composer Zhou Long has just been named recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, joining both an elite list of winners and an even more exclusive number of immigrants who have won the award. While it may seem odd to see the quintessential American music prize go to a non-native, the only official stipulation is that the prize must go to an “American,” as with other Pulitzers.

His winning work, Madame White Snake, is an opera that “draws on a Chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the East and the West,” according to the board that awarded the prize. It was premiered in Boston in February of last year. View Full Article »