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Du Yun Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Angel's Bone'

The opera, by the 39-year-old Shanghai native, is a searing parable of human trafficking set to a score that ranges from Renaissance choral music to punk rock.

Du Yun, a 39-year-old composer, musician and performance artist, today won the Pulitzer Prize for music for her opera . The Pulitzer jury describes the piece as a bold work "that integrates vocal and instrumental elements and a wide range of styles into a harrowing allegory for human trafficking in the modern world." , which has a ), was commissioned by New York's Prototype Festival and Trinity Wall Street, which staged the world premiere Jan. 6, 2016.

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