Lowell Liebermann

Who is Lowell Liebermann?

Lowell Liebermann is an American composer, pianist and conductor.

At the age of sixteen, Liebermann performed at Carnegie Hall, playing his Piano Sonata, op. 1. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music with David Diamond and Vincent Persichetti, gaining bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. The English composer-pianist Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji also expressed interest in Liebermann's early work, having critiqued the young composer's Piano Sonata in a private exchange between the two; Liebermann's Concerto for Piano, op. 12 would be dedicated to Sorabji.

His most recorded works are the Sonata for Flute and Piano, the Gargoyles for piano and the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Other notable works include a sonata for flute and guitar, four cello sonatas the second piano concerto, the opera The Picture of Dorian Gray, a second symphony, a trumpet concerto, a violin concerto, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra, and the opera Miss Lonelyhearts which was commissioned as part of the festivities surrounding the centennial of the Juilliard School. He was also commissioned by the Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation to compose "Three Lullabies" for two pianos.