Composer Gabriela Lena Frank's Pulitzer-winning piece is inspired by the ancient cosmologies of her Peruvian heritage. Mariah Tauger hide caption toggle caption Mariah Tauger Gabriela Lena Frank has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her orchestral work Picaflor: A future myth . In announcing the prize Monday (May 4), the Pulitzer jury described the 30-minute piece as a "modern symphonic work informed by the composer's personal experiences with California wildfires and Andean legend, ten powerful movements that follow a hummingbird through its attempts to escape cataclysms, a contemplation of the fragile future." The two other finalists were In the Arms of the Beloved by Billy Childs and American Descent by Andrew Rindfleisch. Picaflor received its world premiere on March 13, 2025 when Marin Alsop led the Philadelphia Orchestra, which commissioned the work along with the Oregon Symphony and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival.…