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Born August 18, 1954 in Epsom, England, Graham Lack showed early talent in writing for solo
instruments and small ensembles. He first studied composition at Bishop Otter College (Chichester)
under Michael Waite. From 1976 to 1981 he continued his training at Goldsmiths' College and King's College in the University of London, studying composition with Anthony Milner before completing an M.Mus.
degree in historical musicology with Brian Trowell, Reinhard Strohm and Pierluigi Petrobelli.
In 1981 he moved to Germany and took up a lectureship in music at the University of Maryland’s
overseas campus in Munich. The university closed its program in 1992, by which time he was
active as a freelance composer and essayist for music journals. |
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His doctoral
dissertation at the Technische Universität in Berlin is on the influences of scientific thought in the orchestral works of George Benjamin. Still living and
working in Munich, he is a frequent speaker at musical symposiums, and he continues to
compose instrumental, chamber and choral music. | His Nine Moons Dark, a secular cantata for soprano,
ensemble and speaking chorus, with a German libretto freely based on the Finnish Kalevala epic,
was premiered in Munich in 2000. Other recent choral works include Two Madrigals for High Summer for 5-voice mixed choir, Four Lullabies, a 12-voice Sanctus, and Petersiliensommer (Parsley Summer), for high voices and harp commissioned by the Chorus of the Munich Philharmonic, premiered in 2003.
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