Gabriela Lena Frank

Gabriela Lena Frank (b. Berkeley, California, United States, September 1972) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. Gabriela Lena Frank's father is an American of Lithuanian Jewish heritage and her mother is Peruvian of Chinese descent. She grew up in Berkeley, California. Her parents met when her father was a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru in the 1960s. Frank is a graduate of Rice University and received a D.M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Michigan in 2001.