Lori Laitman is one of America’s most prolific and widely performed composers of art song.  “It is difficult to think of anyone before the public today who equals her exceptional gifts for embracing a poetic text and giving it new and deeper life through music.” (Journal of Singing)

Laitman has worked with many of today’s important poets — among them Mary Oliver, Thomas Lux, Paul Muldoon, Dana Gioia, Joyce Sutphen, Margaret Atwood, Toi Derricotte, Annie Finch, David Mason, John Wood, Anne Ranasinghe, and Jerzy Ficowski—  in addition to setting such classic poets as Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams.  Recent U.S. performances of her music have taken place at Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall and Alice Tully Hall (New York); Shriver Hall (Maryland); Benaroya Hall (Washington); The Cleveland Institute of Art (Ohio); The Skylight Opera Theatre (Wisconsin); and The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, The Corcoran Gallery and The Kennedy Center (DC).  In June 2004, The Cleveland Opera premiered Ms. Laitman’s opera, “Come to Me in Dreams.” Currently, Laitman is composing an opera based on “The Scarlet Letter” with a new libretto by David Mason — for a fall 2008 premiere at The University of Central Arkansas.

Laitman graduated from Yale College and received her M.M. in flute performance from the Yale School of Music. Initially, she focused on composing music for film and theatre, but in 1991 Laitman started composing for voice. Albany Records released her debut CD, "Mystery — The Songs of Lori Laitman" in August 2000, "Dreaming" in May 2003 and “Becoming a Redwood” in October 2006, all to critical acclaim. Laitman’s songs have been recorded on such other labels as Channel Classics, Gasparo, Capstone and Naxos.

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