About Libby Larsen

Libby Larsen is one of America's most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of more than 220 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral and choral scores. Grammy Award-winning and widely recorded, including more than 50 CDs of her work, she is constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world. Larsen has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory.

As a vigorous, articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time, in 1973 Larsen co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American Composer's Forum, which has become an invaluable aid for composers in a difficult, transitional time for American arts. Currently the holder of the Papamarkou Chair at John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, Larsen has held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony, and Colorado Symphony. She is currently completing a book, The Concert Hall That Fell Asleep and Woke Up as a Car Radio.

Related Links