Edvard Lieber

Background

Lieber, Edvard was born in Rockville Centre, New York, United States.

Education

1966–68, Manhattan School of Music, studied piano with Sonia Vargas; 1966–69, studied piano with Andrzej Wasowski; 1973, coached music composition with Iannis Xenakis; 1972–75, School of Visual Arts, New York City, BFA Film; 1976–78, coached piano with Vladimir Horowitz.

Career

Edvard Lieber has appeared on three continents as a concert pianist, composer, and guest artist on numerous radio and television broadcasts (contemporaneously, from 1976-1982 he was a cinematographer on eight German and Swiss feature films). In 1983 he withdrew from the concert stage to create works in multiple art forms. His first independent film, "Seven Portraits" (1983, Willem de Kooning, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Tennessee Williams, Andy Warhol, John Cage, Liv Ullmann) was featured in seven international film festivals, including the 1984 Berlin International Film Festival and the 1985 Taipei International Film Festival.

He was Willem de Kooning's secretary/curator from 1987-89 and co-executor of Elaine de Kooning's estate; "Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio" (Harry N. Abrams, 2000), a souvenir of their friendship, features the de Koonings' own words with ninety-eight of Lieber's photographs. "Music to Paintings," a CD released in 1996 by Concord Concerto, comprises all of Lieber's musical compositions inspired by contemporary paintings. As an educator, he originated and taught two interdisciplinary courses correlating nine different art forms with music as the cohesive element, at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, from 1978-2008.

Achievements

• Solo exhibitions include: Jason McCoy Gallery, New York City, 1989; Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York, 1992, 93.
  
  Group exhibitions include: Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City, 1979, 80, 81; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York City, 1980; Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, 1984; Jason McCoy Gallery, 1989, 91; Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, 1991; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, 1993, 96, 98; Heckscher Museum Art, Huntington, 2000; Galeria d'Art Horizon, Girona, Spain, 2001, 04, 12; Pollock-Krasner House, East Hampton, 2015.
  
  Concerts include: Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, 1976; Inaugural Concert of Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1978; Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, 1978, 79.
  
  Music compositions include: "Prelude to Jackson Pollock's 'Autumn Rhythm' " (1977); "Homage to Franz Kline" (1977); "24 de Kooning Preludes" (1978); "Tomb of Hasegawa" (1979).
  
  Recordings include: "Music to Paintings," composed and performed by Edvard Lieber, 1983 (LP, White Records), 1995 (CD, Labor Records), 1996 (CD, Concord Concerto).
  
  Independent films include: "Seven Portraits" (1983), Neither John Cage Nor Merce Cunningham Are Each Other" (1985).

Works

More photos

• book

  • Willem De Kooning: Reflections in the Studio by Lieber, Edvard (2000) Hardcover

• Other Work

  • Author, Photographer: Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio