Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 by the Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll, Steve Lehman is a saxophonist and composer whose work resides on the frontiers of contemporary music. He has been recognized as one of today's truly original creative voices by The Wire, The New York Times, and Downbeat Magazine, as well as by National Public Radio and The BBC. A former student of both Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton, he has performed and recorded throughout the United States and Europe with his own ensembles, and with those led by Anthony Braxton, Dave Burrell, Meshell Ndgeocello, Mark Dresser, Vijay Iyer, Oliver Lake, and High Priest of Anti-Pop Consortium.

An award-winning composer, Lehman’s pieces for large orchestra and chamber ensembles have been performed by the Janacek Philharmonic, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), So Percussion, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, members of the Argento and Wet Ink Ensembles, and by the pianist Marilyn Nonken. His electro-acoustic music, recently showcased in Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and New York, has focused on the development of computer-driven models for improvisation, based in the Max/MSP programming environment.

In 2003, as a Fulbright scholar in France, Lehman was invited to teach a weekly undergraduate course on current trends in improvised music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Since the fall of 2006, Lehman has been a doctoral candidate in Music Composition at Columbia University where he is a departmental fellow and teaches in the Music Department.

His most recent recordings as a leader include Travail, Transformation & Flow (Pi 2009), with his critically acclaimed octet, On Meaning (Pi 2007), Door (Pi 2008), with the collective trio Fieldwork, Manifold (Clean Feed 2007), Demian as Posthuman (Pi 2005), featuring Tyshawn Sorey and nine-time Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello, and Interface (Clean Feed 2004), featuring Mark Dresser and Pheeroan akLaff.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 4:00am to 6:00am
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