Editing Anthony Davis (composer) (section)

{{short description|American pianist and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Anthony Davis''' (born February 20, 1951)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=636/7}}</ref> is an American pianist and [[composer]]. He incorporates several styles including [[jazz]], [[rhythm 'n' blues]], gospel, non-Western, African, European classical, Indonesian [[gamelan]], and [[experimental music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/anthony-davis-mn0000084019/biography|title=Anthony Davis &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref> He has played with several groups and is also a professor of music at the [[University of California, San Diego]].

Davis is perhaps best known for his [[operas]]; he has been called "the dean of African-American opera composers."<ref name = "cooper"/> His better known compositions include ''[[X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X]]'',<ref name="LarkinGE"/> which was premiered by the [[New York City Opera]] in 1986; ''Amistad'', which premiered with the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] in 1997; and ''[[Wakonda's Dream]]'', which premiered at [[Opera Omaha]] in 2007. His opera ''[[The Central Park Five (opera)|The Central Park Five]]'' premiered on June 15, 2019, at the [[Long Beach Opera]] Company in California. It won him a [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]] on May 4, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/anthony-davis|title=The Central Park Five, by Anthony Davis|website=Pulitzer.org|access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name = yahoo>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/central-park-five-composer-anthony-203037721.html|title='Central Park Five' composer Anthony Davis wins the Pulitzer Prize for music|website=News.yahoo.com|date=May 4, 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>