David Liptak's music has been described as “luminous and arresting,” “richly atmospheric,” and having “transparent textures, incisive rhythms, shimmering lightness.” His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and abroad, and recordings of his music are found on the Bridge, Albany, Centaur, Opus One, Crystal, Gasparo, and other labels. In 1995 David Liptak was awarded the Elise L. Stoeger Prize, given by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in recognition of distinguished achievement in the field of chamber music composition. He has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, both in 2002; he has also received the 2006 Lillian Fairchild Award; and commissions for new music have included those supported by the Fromm Foundation, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Meet the Composer, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the California Music Center, and the Hanson Institute for American Music. Much of his music written very recently has explored the poetry and magical quality of stars and starlight, imagined and real. A dedicated teacher of composition students for the past three decades, David Liptak is Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music, where he has taught since 1986.
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David Liptak | SLEEPERS | soprano and chamber orch - 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets; harp; strings (min. 6,6,4,4,2)
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David Liptak | SONATA FOR CELLO AND PIANO | vcl, pf
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David Liptak | SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO | violin, piano
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David Liptak | STAR BRIGHT | pf solo, 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, 2 vln, vla, 2 va, 2 perc
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David Liptak | STAR LIGHT | Piano
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David Liptak | STICKS, BONES, AND DUST | Solo 5-Octave Marimba
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David Liptak | String Quartet No. 1 | String Quartet
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David Liptak | STRING QUARTET NO. 2 | String Quartet
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David Liptak | STRING QUARTET NO. 3 | String Quartet
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David Liptak | Threads | Wind Ensemble
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David Liptak | THREE DANCES | Orchestra
3(3=picc)3(3=EH)3(3+bcl)3(3=cbsn) - 4221 - timp, 2 perc - strings |
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David Liptak | THREE STUDIES (for solo piano) | Piano
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David Liptak | THROUGH THE BRIGHTENING AIR | wind orchestra (28 players)
picc, fl1,2, Eh, E-flat cl, B-flat cl 1,2, bass cl, bsn 1,2, cbsn, horn 1,2,3,4, trpt in C 1,2,3, trb, 1,2, tuba, timp, perc 1 (mar, xylo, med tamtam), 2 (vib, temple blks, large tamtam), 3 (tub bells, tri, ratchet, crotales), double bass |
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David Liptak | Tori No Yoni | Piano
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David Liptak | TRIO - Clarinet, violin, piano | cl, vln, pf
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David Liptak | TRIO for viola, percussion, and piano | vla, perc, pf
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David Liptak | TWO NOCTURNES | Flute, Clarinet, and Cello
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David Liptak | WHEEL | vcl
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David Liptak | Wreckage of the Moon - for Mezzo-Soprano and Violin | Mezzo-Soprano and Violin
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David Liptak | Wreckage of the Moon - for Mezzo-Soprano and Cello | Mezzo-Soprano and Cello
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