The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an unrestricted prize of $75,000 given annually to risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts.
Background on Zhou
2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner
An interview with Zhou by Cornelius Duffalo: Urban Modes: Music and Life in New York.
An essay about the impact of Buddhist thought on Zhou's work: Contemporary Music Review. 2007.