Concerto for Piccolo and orchestra, Op. 50

Lowell Liebermann (1961) is an American composer, pianist, and conductor, one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded living composers.
Born in New York City, Liebermann was a musical prodigy who began piano lessons at age eight and composition at age nine. He famously premiered his own Piano Sonata, Op. 1 at Carnegie Hall when he was only sixteen years old.
Liebermann’s formal education was centered entirely at The Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degrees. He studied composition under David Diamond and Vincent Persichetti, and piano with Jacob Lateiner. Diamond’s influence was particularly significant, instilling in Liebermann a respect for rigorous craftsmanship and a rejection of the prevailing academic avant-garde trends of the 1970s.
Liebermann rose to prominence in the late 1980s by writing music that was unabashedly tonal and melodic. He has written over 130 works in all genres and is arguably the most influential composer for the flute since the mid-20th century.
His musical style is a combination of tonal, polytonal, and unconventional harmonies. Liebermann is a faculty member of Mannes School of Music in New York.