David Liptak

In May 2002, David Liptak received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received a 2002 Barlow Commission, funding a new work for the Cassatt Quartet for performance beginning with the 2003-04 season.

Premieres

On November 3, 2002, the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, CA, introduced Piano Trio No. 2, with Pia Liptak, violin; Margaret Tait, cello; and David Liptak, piano. The Tarab Cello Ensemble scheduled the first performances of Broken Cries, for eight cellos, May 13, 2002, in Rochester, NY; August 4, 2002, at Theatre du Moulin d'Ande (France); and January 26, 2003, at Colgate University, in Hamilton, NY. Commedia, for clarinet, violin, and piano, was played first by The Verdehr Trio, October 21, 2001, at the Phillips Collection, in Washington, DC; and May 30, 2002, at the Wharton Center for the Arts in East Lansing, MI. Under the baton of Uffe Most, Carsten Sindvald and Den Fynske Sinfonietta premiered Serenade, for solo alto saxophone and strings, September 2, 2001, in Odensk, Denmark.

Performances

Giovine vagha, i'non senti, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, and piano, was on a program of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, November 9 and 11, 2001, in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. Rush, commissioned for the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, was heard with the orchestra, David Harman, conductor, April 14, 17, and 20, 2001, in Rennes, Tours, and Paris, France; with the Detroit (MI) Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, Alan MacNair, conductor, May 6, 2001; and with the New York (NY) Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, John McNeur, conductor, March 4, 2002, in Tilles Center. Accompanied by pianist J. J. Penna, baritone Thomas Meglioranza sang Seven Songs (poems by James Wright) at a Princeton, NJ Songfest 2002: 20th Century Portraits concert, June 21, 2002. Cristina Buciu, violin; George Macero, cello; and Steven Heyman, piano, performed Piano Trio No. 1 on Syracuse (NY) Society for New Music programs at Everson Art Museum, in Syracuse, November 4, 2001; at Columbia University, in New York, NY, November 6, 2001; and in Cazenovia, NY, July 21, 2002. Guitarist David Starobin toured with Forlane at BargeMusic concerts, in Brooklyn, NY, April 19 and 21, 2002; at Rice University, in Houston, TX, November 16, 2001; at the Sonic Boom Festival, in New York, NY, November 11, 2001; and at the Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Music Biennial, February 26, 2001.

The 2003 American Composers Update

David Liptak

Premieres

Performances

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 David Liptak In May 2002, David Liptak received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received a 2002 Barlow Commission, funding a new work for the Cassatt Quartet for performance beginning with the 2003-04 season. Premieres On November 3, 2002, the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, CA, introduced Piano Trio No. 2, with Pia Liptak, violin; Margaret Tait, cello; and David Liptak, piano. The Tarab Cello Ensemble scheduled the first performances of Broken Cries, for eight cellos, May 13, 2002, in Rochester, NY; August 4, 2002, at Theatre du Moulin d'Ande (France); and January 26, 2003, at Colgate University, in Hamilton, NY. Commedia, for clarinet, violin, and piano, was played first by The Verdehr Trio, October 21, 2001, at the Phillips Collection, in Washington, DC; and May 30, 2002, at the Wharton Center for the Arts in East Lansing, MI. Under the baton of Uffe Most, Carsten Sindvald and Den Fynske Sinfonietta premiered Serenade, for solo alto saxophone and strings, September 2, 2001, in Odensk, Denmark. Performances Giovine vagha, i'non senti, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, and piano, was on a program of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, November 9 and 11, 2001, in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. Rush, commissioned for the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, was heard with the orchestra, David Harman, conductor, April 14, 17, and 20, 2001, in Rennes, Tours, and Paris, France; with the Detroit (MI) Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, Alan MacNair, conductor, May 6, 2001; and with the New York (NY) Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, John McNeur, conductor, March 4, 2002, in Tilles Center. Accompanied by pianist J. J. Penna, baritone Thomas Meglioranza sang Seven Songs (poems by James Wright) at a Princeton, NJ Songfest 2002: 20th Century Portraits concert, June 21, 2002. Cristina Buciu, violin; George Macero, cello; and Steven Heyman, piano, performed Piano Trio No. 1 on Syracuse (NY) Society for New Music programs at Everson Art Museum, in Syracuse, November 4, 2001; at Columbia University, in New York, NY, November 6, 2001; and in Cazenovia, NY, July 21, 2002. Guitarist David Starobin toured with Forlane at BargeMusic concerts, in Brooklyn, NY, April 19 and 21, 2002; at Rice University, in Houston, TX, November 16, 2001; at the Sonic Boom Festival, in New York, NY, November 11, 2001; and at the Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Music Biennial, February 26, 2001. Further Information 1999-2000 American Composers Update 1998-1999 American Composers Update 1997-1998 American Composers Update 1996-1997 American Composers Update SAI's Composers Bureau Online SAI's Music for Young People section
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