Symphony (Ran)

{{Short description|1990 orchestral symphony}}

The Symphony is a symphony for orchestra by the Israeli-American composer Shulamit Ran. The work was commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Muti in 1987 and was given its world premiere on October 19, 1990.{{cite web |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Kozinn |title=Composer's Pulitzer Makes the Telephone Her New Instrument |work=The New York Times |date=April 11, 1991 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/11/arts/composer-s-pulitzer-makes-the-telephone-her-new-instrument.html |accessdate=June 1, 2015}} The piece was awarded the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Music and took the first place Kennedy Center Friedheim Award that same year.{{cite web |last=Herman |first=Kenneth |title=Fame Comes a Piece at a Time : Music: Although composer Shulamit Ran was virtually unknown on the West Coast before she won the Pulitzer, the prize has not diminished her pride in being out of step. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 12, 1991 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-12-ca-1334-story.html |access-date=June 1, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Green |first=Judith |title=A song of instability, possibility In 'Vessels of Courage and Hope,' composer Shulamit Ran recalls a Baltimore ship's role in the founding of Israel. |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 17, 1998 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1998/05/17/a-song-of-instability-possibility-in-vessels-of-courage-and-hope-composer-shulamit-ran-recalls-a-baltimore-ships-role-in-the-founding-of-israel/ |access-date=June 1, 2015}}{{cite journal |last=Valdes |first=Lesley |title=Composer Ran Wins Prestigious Friedheim |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |publisher=Philadelphia Media Network |date=September 7, 1992 |url=http://articles.philly.com/1992-09-07/news/26022111_1_chicago-composer-ralph-shapey-orchestral-pieces |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121105/http://articles.philly.com/1992-09-07/news/26022111_1_chicago-composer-ralph-shapey-orchestral-pieces |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |accessdate=June 1, 2015}} It was composed in a primarily atonal style.