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Leilehua Lanzilotti is a composer, multimedia artist, and curator whose works often explore dramatic expanses of color and timbre. By world-building through multimedia installation works and nontraditional concert experiences/musical interventions, Lanzilotti’s works activate imagination around new paths forward in language sovereignty, water sovereignty, land stewardship, and respect. Lanzilotti was honored to be a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Other prestigious honors Lanzilotti has received include recognition as a 2025 USA Fellow, a Creative Capital Award, and a Native Arts + Cultures Foundation’s SHIFT – Transformative Change and Indigenous Arts Award.