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Shulamit Ran

American composer
Person Human Q1889606

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[17]
Date of birth
October 21, 1949
Place of birth
Tel Aviv
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
composer, musicologist, music educator, university teacher
Employer
University of Chicago[8]
Educated at
Mannes College The New School for Music, American School of Correspondence[9][10]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Arts and Letters Award in Music, Guggenheim Fellowship[12][13][14]
Notable work
Symphony[11]
Official website
shulamitran.com[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Hebrew[24]
Described by source
Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century, 250 female composers[22][23]
Family name
Ran[18]
Given name
Shulamit[19]
Instrument
piano[21]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[15][16]
Start of work period
1958[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shulamit Ran el Σάλαμιτ Ραν el Σουλαμίτ Ραν he שולמית רן ja シュラミト・ラン
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
0000000115113196
VIAF cluster ID
39799434
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79077224
GND ID
103782788
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shulamit Ran PBS 1968.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001636935
American Academy in Rome ID
12414655
Awards & Winners artist ID
01wvdd4
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14800972f
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11398799
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Carnegie Hall agent ID
59688
CiNii Research ID
1140845216800013312
CompositionToday composer ID
230
DBC author ID
87097991915685
Described at URL
www.imi.org.il, www.presser.com, music.uchicago.edu
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
103782788
Discogs artist ID
1550552
Europeana entity
agent/base/62505
FAST ID
39031
Freebase ID
/m/01wvdd4
Guggenheim fellows ID
shulamit-ran
HAND ID
4135-56AE-C08F-95E3-D0FB
IMDb ID
nm4611363
IMI person ID
שולמית-רן
IdRef ID
251401723
J9U entity ID
987007266805005171
Jewish Virtual Library ID
ran-shulamit
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
103782788
KBR person ID
14050118
Libraries Australia ID
35375565
MusicBrainz artist ID
5bec6cb9-b195-4e60-aa5b-3a0a612667c2
Musicalics composer ID
83342
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000249885
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13265085
NLA Trove people ID
930698
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:XQY;=Be
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
296081876
Prabook ID
3499054
Présence Compositrices composer ID
ran-shulamit
RERO ID (legacy)
A027751782
RILM ID
15704
RISM ID
people/51041379
SNAC ARK ID
w65b0gxq
Songkick artist ID
186108
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxhg9xvMBd84x8kBj3vpP
Yale LUX ID
person/a8121a78-9288-4ac2-b834-e39a0ba290a6

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🔗 Connections
← Mb:teacher 6
Paul Ben-Haim, Norman Dello Joio, Alexander Uriah Boskovich, Ralph Shapey, Nadia Reisenberg, Dorothy Taubman
Occupation 4
composer, university teacher, musicologist, music educator
Award received 3
Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Arts and Letters Award in Music
Mb:composer 2
Symphony, Symphony
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Mannes College The New School for Music
Employer 1
University of Chicago
Family name 1
Ran
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Mb:teacher 1
Eun Young Lee
Place of birth 1
Tel Aviv
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Shulamit Ran was born on October 21, 1949[1], in Tel Aviv[2]. She has worked as a composer[3], musicologist[4], music educator[5], and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was Shulamit Ran born?

Shulamit Ran was born in Tel Aviv[2].

What did Shulamit Ran do for work?

Shulamit Ran worked as a composer[3], musicologist[4], music educator[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Shulamit Ran go to school?

Shulamit Ran was educated at Mannes College The New School for Music[9] and American School of Correspondence[10].

What awards did Shulamit Ran receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[12], Pulitzer Prize for Music[13], and Arts and Letters Award in Music[14].

Related Entities

Tel Aviv United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Présence Compositrices. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . The International Who's Who of Women 2006. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . artsandletters.org. Retrieved . artsandletters.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: Copy from P373 to commons sitelink"
  2. 5w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Hebrew
    Commons category → Shulamit Ran
    "Created claim: Languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew"
  3. 6w ago · 999real · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Shulamit Ran PBS 1968.jpg
    "Created claim: Image: Shulamit Ran PBS 1968.jpg"
  4. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 4135-56AE-C08F-95E3-D0FB
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 4135-56AE-C08F-95E3-D0FB, batch #269215"
  5. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, musicologist, music educator +1
    RISM ID → people/51041379
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38359: Import RISM IDs linking to Wikidata"
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