Georges Lentz

Luxembourg / Australian composer

Georges Lentz is a contemporary composer and sound artist born in Luxembourg in 1965 and that country's internationally best known composer. Since 1990, he has been living in Sydney, Australia. Despite his relatively small output and his reclusiveness, he is also considered one of Australia's leading composers on the world stage. His music is inspired by the starry night sky in the Australian Outback and by Aboriginal art.

He is the creator of the Cobar Sound Chapel.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • Birrung for 11 Strings from 'Mysterium' (Caeli enarrant... VII)
  • Caeli enarrant...
  • Caeli enarrant... III
  • Caeli enarrant... III for 12 Strings, 3 Percussionists and 1 Boy Soprano: Part 1: "a spirit who is amongst the things of this world,..."
  • Caeli enarrant... III for 12 Strings, 3 Percussionists and 1 Boy Soprano: Part 21: Gayaling - "sed auditu solo tuo creditur" - The Spiral Galaxy M3
  • Caeli enarrant... III for 12 Strings, 3 Percussionists and 1 Boy Soprano: Part 2b: Lumen de lumine: Rho Ophiuchi
  • Caeli enarrant... IV
  • Caeli enarrant... IV for String Quartet and 4 Cymbals: I. Introduction - The Pleiades M45
  • Caeli enarrant... IV for String Quartet and 4 Cymbals: II. Scherzo. Exsultate, jublilate - The Spiral Galaxy M106
  • Caeli enarrant... IV for String Quartet and 4 Cymbals: III. Lux perpetua: The Nebula IC 2177 - Te Deum laudamas
  • Caeli enarrant... IV for String Quartet and 4 Cymbals: IV. The Andromeda Galaxy M 31
  • Nguurraa for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion from 'Mysterium' (Caeli enarrant... VII)
  • “…to beam in distant heavens…” – Violin Concerto