彼得·利伯森 Peter Lieberson
彼得·利伯森
P.Lieberson / P.利伯森RegionUSA
TypeSolo
Artist Profile
Background
Peter Goddard Lieberson was born inNew York City. He was the son ofballerinaandchoreographerVera Zorina(née Eva Brigitta Hartwig) andGoddard Lieberson, president ofColumbia Records. Lieberson studiedcompositionwithMilton Babbitt,Charles Wuorinen,Donald Martino, andMartin Boykan.[2]After completing his musical studies atColumbia University, he left New York in 1976 forBoulder,Colorado, to continue his studies withChögyam Trungpa, aTibetanVajrayanaBuddhistmaster. It was there he met and married Ellen Kearney, a fellow student of Trungpa's. At their teacher's request, the Liebersons moved from Boulder toBoston, Massachusetts, to co-directShambhala Training, a meditation and cultural program.[3]Lieberson attendedBrandeis University, from which he received aPh.D.From 1984 to 1988 he taught atHarvard University. He then became international director of Halifax Shambhala Centre inHalifax, Nova Scotia.[4]
Musical career[edit]
Beginning in 1994, Lieberson devoted his time entirely to composition. He met his second wife,mezzo-sopranoLorraine Hunt Lieberson, in 1997, during theSanta Fe Operaproduction of his workAshoka's Dream; they married in 1999 after Lieberson and his first wife were divorced. He wrote his song cyclesRilke SongsandNeruda Songsfor Hunt Lieberson. TheNeruda Songs, a cycle of songs set to love poems byPablo Neruda, were co-commissioned by theLos Angeles Philharmonicand theBoston Symphony; the world premiere was given on May 20, 2005, by theLos Angeles PhilharmonicwithEsa-Pekka Salonenconducting and Hunt Lieberson as soloist.[5]TheBoston Symphonyperformed the work in November 2005 with Hunt Lieberson as soloist andJames Levineconducting, followed by performances with theCleveland Orchestra,Robert Spanoconducting. Hunt Lieberson died ofbreast cancerin July 2006, aged 52.[6]Nonesuchsubsequently released a commercial recording of the Boston/Levine performance of the Neruda Songs.[7]
In December 2007, Lieberson won the 2008University of LouisvilleGrawemeyer Award for Music CompositionforNeruda Songs.[8]TheRilke Songshave also been issued, in separate studio and concert performances by Hunt Lieberson, both on theBridge Records, Inc.label.[9]
Lieberson was commissioned by theBoston Symphonyto compose another cycle of Neruda songs, which became theSongs of Love and Sorrow. When he returned to the work, it was no longer simply a memorial toHunt Liebersonand personal farewell, but also reflected the influence of his daughters and his third wife, Rinchen Lhamo.[10]Lieberson had three daughters from his first marriage, all of whom are members of the bandTEEN.[11]
Shortly after Lorraine Hunt Lieberson died of breast cancer, Lieberson himself was diagnosed withlymphoma. Despite the debilitating effects of the illness and its treatment, Lieberson went on composing. Though thought to have achieved full remission,[8]he died from complications of the disease in 2011 inTel Aviv, Israel.[12]He had been living inSanta Fe, New Mexico, at the time of his death.
