Libby Larsen
(1950- ) Inducted 2006Libby Larsen is one of America’s most prolific and most-performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestra and choral scores. Larsen commented about her home life growing up in Delaware and Minneapolis: “A love of music was always a big part of my family life when I was a child. We always had music playing in our house.” Libby has received numerous awards and accolades, including a 1994 Grammy as Producer of the CD The Art of Arleen Auger, an acclaimed recording that features Larsen’s “Sonnets from The Portuguese.” She has worked with a long list of world-renowned artists, and her works are widely recorded and distributed on such major labels as Angel/EMI, Nonesuch, Decca and Koch International.
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