Raymond Luedeke (born 1944) is an American[1] / Canadian[2] composer of contemporary classical music. Praised for his idiosyncratic instrumental writing and for his orchestration,[3] Luedeke[4] has more recently concentrated on works for music theatre. Although born in New York City, he spent 29 years as Associate Principal Clarinet with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, a position he left in 2010. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Ray Luedeke is artistic director of Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret in New York City.[5]
Son of Otto Luedeke, an officer in the US Army[6] and a competitor in the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games,[7] Raymond Luedeke had a peripatetic childhood.[8] Between the ages of 5 and 8, he lived in Japan. He alludes that his first concert of classical music was heard in Tokyo and that the music was Japanese classical music. He began piano lessons in Japan but did not continue this until the family was living in Massachusetts, where he took up the clarinet at the age of nine. He was soon composing his first pieces, something he continued when the family moved to New Jersey.
In Kevin Vigil's doctoral thesis[19] on the guitar music of Raymond Luedeke, the composer is asked if he has had style periods, given the variety of forms found in his music: He replies that his style is to be found in his musical line and in his personal concept of counterpoint, rather than in his musical vocabulary, which may vary. He compares his music to poetry, in which metaphors may be interpreted in various ways. He does not accept the concept of absolute music, of music that only refers to itself. Without being programmatic, his music has a narrative that can suggest a variety of interpretations.
Partial list of compositions
Operas and music theater
My Life with Pablo Neruda – opera-cabaret in 4 acts[20]
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Ravel) for oboe (or clarinet), violin, cello, and accordion
Carnival of Venice for clarinet and orchestra (clarinet part by Paul JeanJean)
The Heart and Soul of Tango, 9 tangos for string trio, accordion, and bs-baritone[53]
Amazing Grace for orchestra, bagpipes, and student violins
The Blue Danube (J. Strauss) for clarinet and string quartet
First Clarinet Concerto for solo clarinet and wind ens. (Carl Maria von Weber)
Four Nocturnes (Poulenc) for string orchestra
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