2021-2022 Season

1/21/22Puente Trans Arábico, The Eykamp String Quartet. The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra’s free diversity series entitled “Connect & Celebrate: New Traditions” continues in January with a WNIN livestream, Evansville, IN 1/27/22La Hamaca, The Reveron Piano Trio, Diversity & Belonging: Unsung Keyboard Stories Conference, Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2/17/22Compass Points, The Lumi Trio. Stephen...

2020-21 SEASON

11.09.20Virtual Panel discussion on Composition Process & Collaboration with composers Chen Yi and Roshanne Etezady. UMCK Bands at the Conservatory Online during COVID-19 11.14.20Migration, Music, and Psychoanalysis. Panel discussion organized by the Michigan Psychoanalytic Society. Presenters: Jorgelina Corbatta, Mohammad Elbashir, and Ricardo Lorenz. 12.05.20FestiviQ-Artetos. Session with composers who competed in the composition contest...

2019-20 SEASON

10.04.19Jaromiluna. Fangye Sun, violin; Chen-Yu Huang. Cook Recital Hall, College of Music, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 10.16.19Pataruco: Concerto for Venezuelan Maracas & Wind Symphony. Manuel Rangel, maracas. University of Kentucky Wind Symphony; John Cody Birdwell, cond.; Singletary Center for the Arts, Lexington, KY 10.17.19El Muro. University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory Wind Symphony; Joseph Parisi, Folly...

2018-19 SEASON

10.05.18Historia Tropical. Unitas Ensemble; Carlos Botero, cond. Wayland Concert Series, Wayland, MA 10.06.18Historia Tropical. Unitas Ensemble; Carlos Botero, cond. Old South Church, Boston, MA 10.09.18Historia Tropical. Unitas Ensemble; Carlos Botero, cond. Nakamichi Concert Series, Easton, MA 10.7.18Rochela for nine cellos. Lawrence University Cello Studio; Horacio Contreras, cond. Lawrence University. Appleton, WI 10.16.18Vanishing Borders,...

2017-18 SEASON

08.12.17Fluteball. Marissa Olin, flute; Jonathan Holden, clarinet. 45th Annual National Flute Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN 10.15.17Puente Trans-Arábico. Orlando Cotto, percussion; Dali String Quartet. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 11.04.17El Muro. Shenandoah Conservatory Wind Symphony, Timothy Robblee, cond.; Armstrong Concert Hall, Winchester, VA 11.16.17El Muro. Shenandoah Conservatory Wind Symphony; Timothy Robblee,...

2016-2017 SEASON

08.06.16Fluteball (PREMIERE). Marissa Olin, flute. Jonathan Holden, clarinet. ClarinetFest2016, Lawrence, KS 09.19.16Fluteball. Ashley Stanley, flute; Thiago Ancelmo, clarinet. Distler Performance Center, Tuft University, Medford, MA 11.04.16Pataruco: Concerto for Maracas & Orchestra (chamber version). Andy Miller, percussion. Indiana University student ensemble. Auer Hall, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, IN 11.22.16Monkey to the...

2015-2016 SEASON

07.08.15 Puente Trans-Arábico. John Kilkenny, percussion; Sewannee Music Festival Faculty, Sewannee, TN 08.23.15 Fronteras Abiertas. Horacio Contreras, cello. Bienal de Música Contemporánea, Radio Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina 08.27.15 Fronteras Abiertas. Horacio Contreras, cello. Auditorio Olav Roots, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia 09.30.15 Vanishing Borders.  Soundtrack for the documentary "Vanishing Borders" by...

2014-2015 SEASON

07.27.14 Fronteras Abiertas (Open Borders). Wesley Baldwin, cello. Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, Roseland, VA 08.01.14 Puente Trans-Arábico. Orlando Cotto, percussion; Dali String Quartet. North Penn Church of Christ, North Wales, PA 08.01.14 Está lloviendo afuera y no hay agua. Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto, piano. Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, Roseland, VA 08.03.14 Cecilia en Azul y Verde. Sara Sitzer, cello; Juan Carlos...

2013-2014 SEASON

09.15.13 Piedra en la Piedra.  Kristine Rominsky, flute; Michael Mixtacki, percussion.  Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 10.05.13 Piedra en la Piedra.  Stephanie Abderhalden, flute; Jeremy Johnston, percussion.  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 10.23.13 Raw Cello.  Cello Fest 2o13 Ensemble led by German Marcano.  Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 10.28.13 Compass Points.  Seoul...

2012-2013 SEASON

09.03.12 Pataruco: Concerto for Venezuelan Maracas & Orchestra (arrangement for trio and maracas by Arnan Domingo).  Ferran Carceller, maracas;   Ester Pingol, harp; Genet Salicru, clarinet; Arnan Domingo, piano. ESMUC, Barcelona, Spain. 10.02.12 Jaromiluna. Dawn Posey, violin; Nuiko Wadden, harp. Pittsburgh Music Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 10.07.12 Jaromiluna. Dawn Posey, violin; Nuiko Wadden, harp. Monks' Place, Pittsburgh,...

2011-2012 SEASON

09.22.11 Jaromiluna. Ji Hyun Kim, violin; Deidreanna Potter, harp; Calvary Baptist Church, Charlotte, Michigan 10.02.11 Rumba Sinfónica.  Frank Marquez y Los Rumberos Sinfónicos; Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas; Rodolfo Saglimbeni, cond.; Paseo Los Próceres, Caracas, Venezuela 10.15.11 Canciones de Jara: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (East Coast premiere).  Roberto Díaz, viola;  Symphony in C; Rossen Milonov, cond;...

2010-2011 SEASON

10.01.10 El Muro.  University of Michigan Wind Symphony.  Michael Haithcock, cond.  Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 10.05.10 Merengue en el Espejo (PREMIERE).  Molly Barth and Luis Julio Toro, flutes.  Beall Concert Hall, Eugene, Oregon. 10.08.10 El Muro.  Duquesne University Wind Symphony.  Robert Cameron, cond. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 10.12.10 Salsa Inglesa.  Elena Riu, piano; Wilmer Sifontes, percussion.  The Clore Ballroom....

2009-2010 SEASON

10.01.09 El Muro.  University of Florida Wind Symphony, David Waybright, cond. Gainesville, Florida. 10.15 & 17.09 Pataruco: Concerto for Maracas and Orchestra. Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán; Ricardo Gallardo, percussion; Eduardo Sánchez Zúber, cond. Morelia, Mexico. 10.16.09 Pataruco: Concerto for Maracas and Orchestra. Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán; Ricardo Gallardo, percussion; Eduardo Sánchez Zúber, cond. Sala...

2008-2009 SEASON

09.20.08 Rumba Sinfónica.  Toledo Symphony (OH).  Conductor, Chelsea Tipton II, cond.  Toledo, OH. 10.08.08 Compass Points. The Verdehr Trio. University Center for the Arts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. 10.15.08 Compass Points. The Verdehr Trio. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver, Denver, CO. 11.14.08 Salsa Inglesa.  Marianella Ramos, piano.  University of British Columbia. Canada. 01.22.09 Rumba...

2007-2008 SEASON

11.16-17.07    Rumba Sinfónica.  OFFICIAL PREMIERE. Minnesota Orchestra, Sara Hatsuko Hicks, cond.  Minneapolis, Minnesota. 01.17-19.08    Rumba Sinfonica.  National Arts Center Orchestra, Ottawa.  Jean Marie Zeitouni, conductor. 02.12.08    Piedra en la Piedra.  Heather Franklin, flute; Jason Hammond-Wood, marimba; Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. 03.03.08    Conpass Points.  The Verdehr Trio.  The Phillips...

Full Strings

November 19, 2006 Full Strings Music in The Loft Washington Blvd Chicago, ILL 3PM Premiere of new work for guitar and string quartet. Commissioned by Music in The Loft for guitarist Rami Vamos and the Pacifica String Quartet. Take a peek at MITL 2006-2007 Season Brochure.

New Scenes from Childhood

September 13, 2006 New Scenes from Childhood Martin Theater Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, ILL 8:00PM Ricardo Lorenz returns to Ravinia Festival. After his participation in the Train Commissions Project, Lorenz joins composers as diverse as Ned Rorem, Ramsey Lewis and Aaron Jay Kernis in a collection of commissioned piano works that pay tribute to Robert Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood. More

De Michigan a Michoacan

Septembre 11, 2006 De Michigan a Michoacan University of Texas Press Advisory Council Austin, TX Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto will premiere new solo work by Ricardo Lorenz as part of the activities around the book presentation of Prieto’s “The Adventures of a Cello” (University of Texas Press).

The Michigan Connection

April 2, 2006 The Michigan Connection School of Music Auditorium Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3PM Compass Points, a trio for clarinet, violin and piano commissioned by The Verdehr Trio, will be premiered together with other Michigan-based composers. Read about future Verdehr Trio projects

American Piano Festival

March 7-12, 2006 American Piano Festival Anthony de Mare, piano Claire Smith Performing Arts Center Maryland Lorenz’s widely performed piano work Bachangó is included in this years’ American Piano Festival along with works by Gottschalk, Joplin, Tatum, Ives, Gershwin and other American masters. Read more about the 2006 American Piano Festival

Music for Gabriela and Cecilia

February 26, 2006 Music for Gabriela and Cecilia Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, ILL 3PM Lorenz’s Cecilia en Azul y Verde, for cello and piano, will be performed by members of the Maverick Ensemble in a tribute concert to Chilean author Gabriela Mistral. Cecilia en Azul y Verde was composed in 1998 as a tribute to the composer’s mother. Read article

Salsa Nueva

February 10, 2006 Salsa Nueva Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater Valencia, CA 8:30PM US premiere of Lorenz’s Salsa Inglesa * Elena Riu, pianist Wilmer Sifontes, percussion More * Salsa Inglesa is included in Salsa Nueva, a Book/CD pack published by Boosey %26 Hawkes.