Lucas Richman, composer/librettist
GRAMMY award-winning conductor Lucas Richman has served as Music Director for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra since 2010 and held the position as Music Director for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra from 2003-2015. He has appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, the SWR Radio Orchestra of Kaiserslautern, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Israel Camerata Orchestra Jerusalem and the Zagreb Philharmonic. His numerous collaborations with film composers as their conductor has yielded recorded scores for such films as the Academy Award-nominated The Village (with violinist, Hilary Hahn), As Good As It Gets, Face/Off, Se7en, The Manchurian Candidate, Madame Web, Highest 2 Lowest and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere; in 2010, John Williams invited him to lead the three-month national summer tour of Star Wars in Concert. Mr. Richman received a GRAMMY Award (2011) in the category of Best Classical Crossover Album for having conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Christopher Tin’s classical/world fusion album, Calling All Dawns.
Also an accomplished composer, Mr. Richman has had his music performed by over 300 orchestras and ensembles domestically and internationally, including the 2024 world premiere of his chamber opera Blood&Breath at the Vatican. He has fulfilled commissions for numerous organizations including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Bangor Symphony, Johnstown Symphony, the Debussy Trio, the Seattle Chamber Music Society and the Stulberg International String Competition. In addition to his scores for film and television, Mr. Richman has written music and lyrics for theatrical pieces including A Christmas Wish (premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony), Bonanza: The Musical, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Open Heart, Ernest (based on Oscar Wilde’s play) and One Single Voice, a one-act musical created for the purpose of helping members of the able-bodied community better understand how to interact with members of the disabled community. Other recent premieres include his choral work Y’varechecha (Priestly Blessing) and Concerto No. 2 for Violin: Legacy (commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Stulberg International String Competition). For more information, visit www.lucasrichman.com.