The Composer
1965 – Born in Luxembourg on 22nd October
1973 – First music lessons (violin, piano). First attempts at composition
1975–1982 – Studies at the Luxembourg Conservatoire
1982–1986 – Studies at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique
1986–1990 – Studies at the Hannover Musikhochschule
1989 – Begins conceiving and working on his Caeli enarrant... cycle
1990 – Moves to Sydney, Australia, where he has been living sinc
1991 – First public performance – "Caeli enarrant…" 1 is played by the then RTL Symphony Orchestra at the Echternach International Music Festival. "Caeli enarrant…" 3 is highly commended at the 1st International Composers’ [...]
About the Music
Georges Lentz is a paradoxical figure for his time and generation. Born in Luxembourg in 1965, but an Australian resident since 1990, Lentz’s music is widely performed in Australia, the EU and USA, yet he rarely accepts commissions and prefers to work, often for years at a time, on a small number of pieces; his musical language is highly idiosyncratic yet succeeds in communicating deeply-held convictions about the nature of the universe; his craftsmanship is of the highest level, but it is wholly at the service of the spiritual program which pervades his entire output. Almost all of Lentz’ work to date falls into works or groups of works entitled Caeli enarrant…, a reference to [...]
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