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Shulamit Ran -LRB- שולמית רן born October 21 , 1949 in Tel Aviv , Israel -RRB- is an Israeli-American composer .. She moved from Israel to New York at 14 , as a scholarship student at the Mannes College of Music .. New York. New York City. Mannes College of Music. Mannes College of Music. Her Symphony -LRB- 1990 -RRB- won her the Pulitzer Prize for Music .. Symphony. Symphony ( Ran ). Pulitzer Prize for Music. Pulitzer Prize for Music. In this regard , she was the second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music , the first being Ellen Taaffe Zwilich in 1983 .. Pulitzer Prize for Music. Pulitzer Prize for Music. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. She has performed as a pianist in Israel , Europe and the U.S. , and her compositional works have been performed worldwide by a wide array of orchestras and chamber groups .