Background
Richman, Lucas D. was born on January 31, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Peter Mark and Helen (Landess) Richman.
Richman, Lucas D. was born on January 31, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Peter Mark and Helen (Landess) Richman.
Portola Junior High School, 1974-1977
William Howard Taft High School, 1977-1980
GRAMMY award-winning conductor/composer 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. Resident/Assistant Conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1998-2004, he has also appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Guest conducting highlights for the 2018-19 season included debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Stamford Symphony, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Camerata Orchestra Jerusalem. Mr. Richman’s 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, Breakdown, The Manchurian Candidate, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and The House with a Clock in its Walls; in 2010, John Williams invited him to lead the three-month national summer tour of Star Wars in Concert. As a composer, Mr. Richman’s music has been performed by over two hundred orchestras across the United States and has been recorded by organizations such as the San Diego Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Debussy Trio.
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Quotations: "Music can make you laugh and cry/ Music can lift you up to the sky/ Music can give your soul a beat/ Music can make your life complete!" - Lucas Richman
Lo Cal Composers Ensemble, Los Angeles
1984 - 1989
Music Advisory Board, Young Musicians Foundation, Los Angeles
1995 - present
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of Musicians, Local 47
Joy of Music School, Board of Directors (TN)
2011 - 2014
Arts Alliance, Board of Directors (TN)
Da Ponte String Quartet, Board of Directors (TN)
Married Deborah Zive, September 25, 1994.