David Serkin Ludwig’s choral work “The New Colossus” opened the prayer service for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, in the year NPR Music named him one of the world’s “Top 100 Composers Under Forty.” Ludwig holds positions and residencies with nearly two-dozen orchestras and music festivals in the United States and abroad. A recipient of numerous awards and honors, he received the prestigious 2018 Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage Fellowship. In 2021 Ludwig was appointed Dean and Director of the Juilliard School music division. He lives in New York City with his wife, acclaimed violinist Bella Hristova.