Ricardo Lorenz

Venezuelan-born composer Ricardo Lorenz is praised for his fiery orchestrations, harmonic sophistication, and rhythmic vitality. His compositions have been performed by many orchestras around the world, and Ricardo has served as Composer-in-Residence in several programs as well, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Armonía Musicians Residency Program, the Billings Symphony, and the Music in the Loft chamber music series. Ricardo Lorenz has resided in the United States since 1982, but he has always kept close ties with Latin America. While he was Interim Director of the Indiana University Latin American Music Center he established a network of composers from Latin America and compiled the sourcebook Scores and Recordings for the Latin American Music Center.  This was nominated to receive the 1996 Best General Reference Source Award by the Association of Recorded Sound Collections. He’s also worked with many well-known Latin-American musicians including Tito Puente, David Sánchez, and Claudia Pérez. He holds degrees from and has taught at both the University of Chicago and Indiana University, and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at Michigan State University. The Michigan Philharmonic will be performing Ricardo Lorenz’s piece Habanera Science during the April Concert Danzones y Tangos: A Cabaret Café on April 14^th at the P.A.R.C. at 7:30pm.

photo via: Sergei Kvitko