David Ludwig

Composer David Serkin Ludwig (研究生文凭 ’02, composition) has enjoyed a career of collaboration with many of today’s leading musicians, 电影制作人, 和作家. In 2023, he received the award in music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2022, he was awarded the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber 音乐 Society of 林肯中心, the largest chamber music award of its kind. He received the prestigious 2018 Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage Fellowship, the Independence Foundation Fellowship (two-time recipient), the Theodore Presser Career Grant, 和A. I. 杜邦公司奖. In 2012, NPR named Ludwig in its list of Top 100 Composers Under 40. The following year, his choral work 新巨像 opened the private prayer service for President Obama’s second inauguration. He holds positions and residencies with nearly two dozen orchestras and music festivals in the U.S. and abroad, and he was named a Steinway Artist in 2021.

Before beginning his administrative position at Juilliard, Ludwig was at the Curtis Institute of 音乐, where he served as dean of artistic programs, chair of composition studies, director of Ensemble 20/21, and artistic director of Curtis Summerfest. In addition to Juilliard and Curtis, he also holds degrees and certificates from Oberlin Conservatory, and Manhattan School of 音乐 as well as a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Ludwig also studied at the University of Vienna, and he taught at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania while attending Juilliard.

Ludwig has received commissions and notable performances from artists and ensembles including the Philadelphia, 匹兹堡, 明尼苏达州, and National symphony orchestras as well as Jonathan Biss, 杰里米·德克, 詹妮弗Koh, 杰米拉雷多, 大卫Shifrin, 第八个黑鸟, Imani风, 多佛四重奏, and the PRISM Saxophone Quartet.

In addition to his position as dean and director of the 音乐 Division, Ludwig also serves on the Juilliard faculty and is the artistic director of its collaborative contemporary music project The New Series. He lives in New York City with his wife, violinist Bella Hristova, and their four beloved cats.