Kenneth Lampl received his D.M.A. in composition from the Juilliard
School of Music and studied film scoring with John Williams at the Tanglewood Music Festival.
His first international recognition came with
the winning of the Prix Ravel in composition at the American
Conservatory in Fontainbleau, France. Many awards soon followed
including nine ASCAP Composer Awards, three New Jersey State Council for
the Arts Fellowships, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Awards to Young
Composers, the Joseph H. Bearns Prize from Columbia University, the
Gretchanov Memorial Prize in Composition from the Juilliard School and
fellowships from the foundations of Henry Mancini, George Gershwin, and
Richard Rogers. With over twenty symphonic compositions to date, his
music has been performed by such musical organizations as
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the
Kansas City Symphony, the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, the Delaware
Symphony, the Greenville Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Jupiter
Symphony and the Absolute Ensemble.