Tania Leon

Studio 360

The elements of music – melody, rhythm, harmony and so on – are so related they’re almost inseparable. But Cuban-born composer Tania Leon is a rhythm-minded sort. She explains to Sara Fishko that she gets rhythm; and not just one rhythm, many rhythms.

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