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.
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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
- White Noise, Danny Elfman
- Madame Web, Johan Soderqvist
- Lucy and Desi, David Schwartz
- Face/Off; John Powell
- Se7en; Howard Shore
- Breakdown; Basil Poledouris
- 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
- The Drew Carey Show; Alf Clausen
- Mindwarp; Mark Governor
CD Recordings
Including, but not limited to:
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 Soundtrack
Music by Nathan Barr
White Noise Soundtrack
Music by Danny Elfman
Lucy and Desi Soundtrack
Music by David Schwartz
Madame Web Soundtrack
Music by Johan Soderqvist
Behind the Candelabra Soundtrack
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Conducting Awards & Accolades
- The American Prize Honored Artist; 2024
- 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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