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Peter Lieberson

American classical composer (1946-2011) · United States · On the map · Died at 64

Peter Goddard Lieberson was an American composer of contemporary classical music.

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Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition2008
Arts and Letters Award in Music1992

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His song cycles include two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Music: Rilke Songs and Neruda Songs; the latter won the 2008 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition and both were written for his wife, the mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. His three piano concertos were each premiered by the pianist Peter Serkin, with the 1st and 3rd also being Pulitzer finalists.

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United States
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Deceased
Dates
Lived 1946 to 2011 · aged 64

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