David Lanz

Grammy nominated, platinum selling pianist, composer, and producer David Lanz is one of the most popular artists in the new age, instrumental and classical crossover genres. His early 80s recordings were primarily solo piano, but his 1988's, Cristofori's Dream release, featuring a cover of a A Whiter Shade of Pale, with guest artist and original Procol Harum organist, Matthew Fisher, became Billboard Magazines first #1 New Age album hit. This was followed up with numerous top 10 charting records on the Narada, Decca, and Shanachie labels. Lanz and guitarist Paul Speer had great mid 80's chart successes with their two collaborations, Natural States and Desert Vision, and included the first new age hit single, Behind The Waterfall. In 2000, Lanz received a Grammy Nomination for Best New Age album, East Of The Moon, produced by the legendary Hugh Padgham.(Sting, Phil Collins) Today finds David releasing collaborations with his award-winning partner, composer, soprano, and recording artist, Kristin Amarie. In 2024, they released the large-scale production, Ayres, and the solo piano release, Valentine Hill. Lanz and Amarie were very busy in 2026 with two versions of the solo piano album, Carousel, and the two Classical Crossover albums, Eventide, and the holiday inspired, In Spiritus. The former features music performed with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with arranger Kurt Bestor.