Gabriela Lena Frank has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her work “Picaflor: A Future Myth.”

Frank won “for distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).”

The work premiered on March 13, 2025 at Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, a modern symphonic work informed by the composer’s personal experiences with California wildfires and Andean legend, 10 powerful movements that follow a hummingbird through its attempts to escape cataclysms, a contemplation of the fragile future.

The work will next be performed at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, where it will be performed again by Alsop and the Philadelphia Orchestra on July 6.