Lowell LiebermannDirector, Mannes American Composers Ensemble (MACE); Composition
Profile:Lowell
Liebermann is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded
composers. Orchestras worldwide have played Liebermann's works, as have
distinguished artists including Steven Isserlis,
Garrick Ohlsson, Susan Graham, Charles Dutoit, James Levine, Msistislav
Rostropovich and many others. His compositions have been released on over
eighty compact discs by more than forty labels. His first two Piano Concertos
were recorded by Stephen Hough and the BBC Scottish Symphony with the composer
conducting on a Grammy-nominated Hyperion compact disc. Mr. Liebermann can also
be heard conducting his Flute Concertos with Sir James Galway and the London
Mozart Players on the BMG label.
Mr.
Liebermann has written two operas, both premiered to audience and critical
acclaim: The Picture of Dorian Gray,
commissioned and premiered by L’Opera de Monte-Carlo, and Miss Lonelyhearts, with a libretto by J. D. McClatchy after
Nathanael West’s novel, commissioned by the Juilliard School to celebrate its
100th Anniversary.
He
has served as Composer-in-Residence for many organizations, including the
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo's Pacific Music Festival, and the Saratoga
Performing Arts Center. He was the first composer to win the Composers'
Invitational Award of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition for his Three
Impromptus, Op.68 .
Mr.
Liebermann maintains an active performing schedule as pianist and conductor. He
has collaborated with artists including flautists Sir James Galway, Jeffrey
Khaner and Tara O’Connor, violinists Ida Kavafian and Chantal
Juillet, cellists Andres Diaz and Peter Wiley, and singers Robert White and Carole Farley in venues such as
Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Berlin
Philharmonie.
Mr.
Liebermann joined the composition faculty of Mannes College The New School for Music in
2012 where he is the conductor of MACE, the Mannes American Composers Ensemble,
a large ensemble dedicated to the works of living American composers.