New Philadelphia Orchestra composer Gabriela Lena Frank taps into crucial moments in our culture, and a hummingbird (Philadelphia Inquirer)

by Peter Dobrin

“This has been an eventful last few years, definitely,” says Gabriela Lena Frank.

She’s referring to the larger world — Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, political winds — but could just as easily be talking about her own career: Frank arrives as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s new composer-in-residence riding a wave of awards and high-profile commissions. And no sooner does she take up her prestigious Philadelphia post than COVID knocks the city’s arts sector for a loop.

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