Ricardo Lorenz

Ricardo Lorenz (born May 24, 1961) is a Venezuelan composer and academic.

In 1992 Lorenz left the Jacobs school to pursue doctoral studies in music composition at the University of Chicago where he was a pupil of John Eaton and Shulamit Ran. After completing his PhD, he was a composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Billings Symphony Orchestra. His works have been performed by symphony orchestras internationally.

Partial list of works Orchestral works Sinfonietta Concertante (1987), for wind quintet and string orchestra; dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos Mar Acá, voor dwarsfluit, chamber orchestra and idiophones (1989) Piano concerto (1990) Violin concerto (1990) Confabulaciones del Alma, three symphonic études (1992) Concerto for Orchestra (1993) Entrada triunfal del Rey Magoberry (1995) Concerto for recorder and orchestra (1995, written for recorder player Aldo Abreu) Pataruco for Venezuelan maracas and orchestra (1999, written for percussionist Edward Harrison) Konex-Konex, for folk ensemble and orchestra (2000) En Tren Vá Changó (2001) Fantasía, for piano and orchestra (2002) Rumba Sinfónica, for Latin-American band and orchestra (2007) Canciones de Jara, concerto for viola and orchestra (2010) Habanera Science (2012)

Vocal music Delirio y descanso, for SATB chorus and orchestra (1984) Misericordia campana for soprano, piano, and electroacoustic music (1985) Sit still, SATB chorus, narrator, and chamber orchestra (1991)

Stage works La Última Lorcura, incidental music for the play (1986) La historia tropical, music for a dance work (1986)

Film scores Vanishing Borders (2014)