From the array of concerts and operas that I attended this past summer, one piece of music inspired me to keep listening beyond what I thought my capacity would allow. It was Lukas Foss' Quintets for ...

Lukas Foss, the polyglot American composer, conductor and pianist who directed half a dozen Ojai Music Festivals, led marathon concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as head of ...

BUFFALO, NY – Lukas Foss (1922 – 2009) was a composer, conductor, pianist, and visionary whose legendary contributions to the Buffalo arts scene were transformative. From 1963 to 1970, Foss served as ...

Buffalo has been blessed with cultural and artistic riches throughout the years -- and one such gift came in the form of Lukas Foss, who died recently at 86 and was remembered this weekend at a ...

Lukas Foss, “Complete Symphonies”, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conducted by Gil Rose (BMOP Sound). During his tenure as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic (1963-1971) Lukas Foss led the ...

Lukas Foss is a pianist, a conductor and, perhaps most notably, a composer. Foss was born in Germany and was fifteen when his family immigrated to this country in 1937. Even before that he'd begun his ...

Fred Foss, a tenor, alto, and flute player whom colleagues regarded as the unofficial “dean” of D.C. jazz saxophone, died on the morning of Tuesday, April 23 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He ...