David Lefkowitz

Dr. David S. Lefkowitz, Ph.D., Chair of Music Composition and Theory Division at UCLA, holds degrees from Cornell University, U. of Pennsylvania, and Eastman School of Music. His works have been performed from Japan and China, to Europe and Israel. He has won national and international competitions including Fukui Harp Music Awards (Japan), ASCAP, plus prizes and recognition from the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA), Chicago Civic Orchestra, Washington International Competition, Society for New Music’s Brian M. Israel Prize, and the Gaudeamus Music Week. He has also been a Meet-The-Composer Composer in Residence.

Recent commissions include works for Irina Donskaia of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Melia Watras of the Corigliano Quartet, violinist Petteri Iivonen, and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Cantor Joseph Gole and the Cantor’s Assembly, the Beijing National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre Company, and by the Beijing City Opera Company. He has recordings available or soon to be available on Yarlung, Fatrock Ink, Klavier, Japanese Victor, Yamaha, and Albany record labels.

Dr. David S. Lefkowitz, Ph.D., Chair of Music Composition and Theory Division at UCLA, holds degrees from Cornell University, U. of Pennsylvania, and Eastman School of Music. His works have been performed from Japan and China, to Europe and Israel. He has won national and international competitions including Fukui Harp Music Awards (Japan), ASCAP, plus prizes and recognition from the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA), Chicago Civic Orchestra, Washington International Competition, Society for New Music’s Brian M. Israel Prize, and the Gaudeamus Music Week. He has also been a Meet-The-Composer Composer in Residence.

Recent commissions include works for Irina Donskaia of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Melia Watras of the Corigliano Quartet, violinist Petteri Iivonen, and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Cantor Joseph Gole and the Cantor’s Assembly, the Beijing National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre Company, and by the Beijing City Opera Company. He has recordings available or soon to be available on Yarlung, Fatrock Ink, Klavier, Japanese Victor, Yamaha, and Albany record labels.

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