Keep pulling the thread on David Lang.
The New York Philharmonic commissioned composer David Lang to create an oratorio titled "The Wealth of Nations."
Composer David Lang won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his choral piece "The Little Match Girl Passion."
David Lang believes that artists in the United States are not well taken care of financially.
Winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 led to a significant increase in requests for David Lang to write vocal music.
David Lang co-founded the Bang on a Can music festival in the late 1980s with Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon.
A core principle of the Bang on a Can music festival is to build a generous and collaborative community for composers, countering a traditionally selfish and suspicious environment.
David Lang's oratorio "The Wealth of Nations" is scheduled for a subsequent performance at the Aspen Music Festival following its premiere.