Per A. Lichtman [PAL]

Per Lichtman has had a lifelong relationship with music. In Sweden, his mother played notes to him by name in the womb. Within hours of being born, he was exposed to Vangelis' score to Chariots of Fire and his infatuation with synthesizers began. That infatuation continued as he blended genres as diverse as world music, avante garde piano compositions, orchestral writing and lyric driven work with electronica in his compositions, leading him to collaborate with artists as diverse as Grammy award winning classical vocalist, Hila Plitmann , the youthful lyrics and precocious lyrics of Katlin Rivers and the creative force and refinement of Joanna St. Claire .
In 2000 and 2001, Per started to go public with his music on sites like Javamusic.com (where he reached 3 on the daily charts) and MP3.com (where he placed in top 50 for avante-garde classical) and garnered glowing praise in his first review from GodsOfMusic.com (recently refashioned into Consensus Music Reviews).
Per's success continued into the academic realm as he won a Reflections award for his piece "I Hold in my Hands the Keys to the Other Side", a piece that also garnered him one of only 7 composer spots in the California State Summer School for the Arts - Inner Spark program with the chance to briefly study with John Adams. That same year, he was accepted to the music program at Whitman College.
While at Whitman College, he spent his summers studying with his good friend Rob Woo. Woo helped him develop as a composer and audio engineer and said "I cannot recommend Per Lichtman highly enough as an artist... He takes in and absorbs what can be learned from his peers and history, but the trajectory of his work is his own." It was through Woo that Per Lichtman later came to work with Katlin Rivers , Nimrod Nol and Joanna St. Claire .
Since graduating from Whitman College with a degree in Music Theory and Composition, he has been composing and mixing his debut album "Liquid" for BBMC and mixing Joanna St. Claire's album "Stream" for Dreamtown Music, both slated for release in 2009. He is also currently assistant editor at the online publication, WusikMagazine.com .
In addition to his own work, Per has helped to test and consulted on the development of music software for both independent developers and established companies, placing him on a first name basis with music technology luminaries from Eric Persing and Gary Garritan to Rob Papen and George Massenburg. He's been a constant presence on various online composition and music technology forums working to help young composers to get past technical difficulties to find their voice and exposing them to new sounds with collections of his own templates and presets.