Lucas Richman has served as Music Director for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra since 2010 and recently completed a 12-year tenure as Music Director for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra from 2003-2015. Mr. Richman served as Assistant and Resident Conductor for Mariss Jansons and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra between 1998-2004 and from 1998-1991, he was the Assistant Conductor for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Guest Conductor
Mr. Richman has appeared as guest conductor with numerous orchestras, including:
- New York Philharmonic
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Baltimore Symphony
- Indianapolis Symphony
- New Jersey Symphony
- The Cleveland Orchestra
- National Arts Centre Orchestra
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Boston Pops
- Russian National Orchestra
- Oslo Philharmonic
- SWR Radio Orchestra of Kaiserslautern
- Iceland Symphony Orchestra
- The Zagreb Philharmonic
Classical Collaborations
In recent years, Mr. Richman has led performances with notable soloists, including:
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Garrick Ohlsson
- Lang Lang
- Midori
- Gil Shaham
- Emanuel Ax
- Yefim Bronfman
- Frank Peter Zimmerman
- Mark O’ Connor
- Andre Watts
- Frederica von Stade
- Radu Lupu
Commercial Collaborations
Mr. Richman has also conducted for a panoply of commercial artists, including:
- James Taylor
- Michael Jackson
- Pat Boone
- Michael Feinstein
- Gloria Estefan
- Megan Hilty
- Matthew Morrison
- George Benson
- Anne Murray
- The Smothers Brothers
- Martin Short
- Tony Randall
- Victor Borge
Film and TV
Mr. Richman’s numerous collaborations with film composers as their conductor has yielded recorded scores for such films as:
- Academy Award-nominated The Village (with violinist Hilary Hahn); James Newton Howard
- Academy Award-nominated As Good As It Gets; Hans Zimmer
- Face/Off; John Powell
- Se7en; Howard Shore
- Breakdown; Basil Poledouris
- The Drew Carey Show; Alf Clausen
- The Manchurian Candidate; Rachel Portman
- The Good Place; David Schwartz
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl; Joseph Vitarelli
- The House with a Clock in its Walls; Nathan Barr
- Flatliners; Nathan Barr
- Behind the Candelabra; Marvin Hamlisch
- A Dog Year; Joseph Vitarelli
- Anastasia; Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
- Mindwarp; Mark Governor
CD Recordings
GRAMMY-award winning Calling All Dawns; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project; Los Angeles studio recording
Day is Done: An Album of Lullabies; Musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Transformation; Tiroler Kammerorchestrer Instrumenti
Music of Cowell and Honegger; SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
The Alchemist’s Symphony; Los Angeles studio recording
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In Truth; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Cabin Fever Waltz; Bangor Symphony Orchestra
The Village Soundtrack; Music by James Newton Howard
As Good As it Gets Soundtrack; Music by Hans Zimmer
Face/Off Soundtrack; Music by John Powell
Se7en Soundtrack; Music by Howard Shore
Kit Kittredge; An American Girl Soundtrack; Music by Joseph Vitarelli
The House with a Clock in its Walls; Music by Nathan Barr
Conducting Awards & Accolades
- GRAMMY Award (Classical Crossover Album): Calling All Dawns; 2011
- BMI Classic Contribution Award; 2007
- Tennessee Music Teachers Association Composer of the Year; 2005
- Catherine Filene Shouse Conducting Fellow; 1998-1999
- DRAMALOGUE Award (musical direction of CANDIDE); 1996
- Prix Davidoff Award (Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival); 1988
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