Artist Detailed Info: Benjamin Lees

Benjamin Lees (born January 8, 1924) is a contemporary U.S. composer of classical music, born in Harbin, China, raised in San Francisco and currently residing in Palm Springs, California.

Lees rejects atonalism and Americana in favor of classical structures. He began piano lessons at 5 with K. I. Rodetskyand[1] and started composing as a teenager. In 1954, the NBC Orchestra performed his Profiles for Orchestra on national TV. Notable work includes Symphony No. 4: Memorial Candles commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1985 to commemorate the Holocaust.

Lees' music is published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, http://www.boosey.com/lees.

Lees' official site can be accessed here http://www.benjaminlees.com

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