Lowell Liebermann was born in New York City on 22nd February, 1961. He began piano studies when he was eight and formal composition studies when he was fourteen. His Piano Sonata, Opus 1, was written when he was fifteen, and it was with this piece that he made his performing début a year later at Carnegie Recital Hall. He graduated from Juilliard School in 1987 with a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree. His teachers included David Diamond and Vincent Persichetti in composition and Jacob Lateiner in piano. He studied conducting with Laszlo Halasz and continues to be active as pianist and conductor both in concerts and recordings.

Many renowned artists have performed Lowell Liebermann’s music, including James Galway, James Levine, Steuart Bedford, David Zinman, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Stephen Hough. His many honors include a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and awards from ASCAP and BMI. In 1996 he was nominated for the Prix Oscar Wilde by L’Association Oscar Wilde for his opera, The Picture of Dorian Gray. In 1998, he was nominated for a GRAMMY for his Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 36, in the GRAMMY category “Best Classical Contemporary Composition.”