Lowell Liebermann

American composer Lowell Liebermann is one of the most frequently performed and recorded composers of our time. Heralded by Time Magazine as “radiantly visionary… a composer unafraid of grand gestures and openhearted lyricism”, his music continues to defy boundaries while taking its place in the standard repertoire of today’s great soloists, ensembles, and orchestras worldwide.

“Consistently engaging, colorful, tuneful… [and] clearly modern” (ClassicsToday), Liebermann’s over one hundred fifty works have seen premieres by major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and National Symphony; ballet companies, including the Royal Ballet and San Francisco Ballet; chamber ensembles, including the the Emerson, Dover, Orion, Shanghai, and Ying Quartets; and internationally acclaimed soloists, including Sir James Galway, Yuja Wang, Sir Stephen Hough, Garrick Ohlsson, and more.

Mr. Liebermann’s works have been recorded over one hundred and sixty times, and his Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 and Gargoyles, Op. 29—among his most performed works—each appear on more than twenty-five recordings. His Frankenstein, Ballet in Three Acts, Op. 130 has been released on DVD and Blu-ray by The Royal Ballet. 

Mr. Liebermann is also active as a pianist, having made his debut at Carnegie Recital Hall at the age of sixteen, performing his own Piano Sonata, Op. 1. Since 2021, he has released three recordings of solo piano music by Liszt, Kabeláč, Schubert, Busoni, Kirchner, and David Hackbridge Johnson on the Steinway & Sons and Blue Griffin labels.

As a conductor, he led the premiere recordings of his Flute Concertos with Sir James Galway and the London Mozart Players, and his Piano Concertos with Stephen Hough and the BBC Scottish Symphony. Mr. Liebermann has taught composition at the Mannes School of Music in New York City since 2012, where he was founding conductor of the Mannes American Composers Ensemble, a group dedicated to performing the works of living American composers.

Website: lowellliebermann.com

Updated March 2026. Please destroy earlier versions.