Demian as Posthuman

Steve Lehman

Steve Lehman

Steve Lehman is one of the fastest rising saxophonists in New York City's creative music scene. A former student of Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton, Steve has collaborated with such seminal artists as Vijay Iyer, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Eddie Henderson, William Parker, Ralph Alessi, Anthony Braxton, Oliver Lake, Mark Dresser, Michele Rosewoman, and Dave Burrell. As a composer Lehman has written pieces for large orchestra and chamber ensembles which have been performed by the Furious Ensemble, the Janacek Philharmonic, Marilyn Nonken, and members of Ensemble Sospeso, among others. He has received grants from the World Music Institute, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the Ostrava New Music Days Festival and the prestigious Fulbright Grant. During the 2002-2003 academic year, Lehman was invited to teach an undergraduate course on current trends in improvised music at the Conservatoire Nationale Superieure de Musique de Paris.