Richard Lavenda, Composer

Richard Lavenda’s music has been performed around the world by, among many others, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Musica Nova/Tel Aviv, the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the Chiara, Diotima, Enso, T’Ang, and Sun String Quartets, ZAWA!, Project Trio, the Concordia Trio, and the New Israeli Vocal Ensemble. His catalog of more than sixty works ranges from music for solo flute to an opera, and includes numerous pieces for orchestra and for a wide diversity of chamber ensembles. He has been a guest composer on many campuses and concert series around the United States, at festivals and concerts in Germany, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Finland, Slovenia, Australia, Israel, and South Korea, and on programs at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He has received awards and commissions from such organizations as the National Opera Association, the Houston Arts Alliance, the Vaughn Family Foundation, the Miazawa Flute Company, and Da Camera of Houston.