Daniel Lentz’s works have been commissioned and performed by noted ensembles and soloists around the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Zeitgeist, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. A prolific composer whose music is often characterized by intricate musical processes, a bit of theater, and an interest in the human voice, Lentz has written large- and small-scale works for most common instrumental combinations, many unique ones, and the many ensembles (usually consisting of multiple keyboards, singers, and electronics) with which he has toured his music throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan since the early 1970s. Lentz has been the recipient of many awards and grants, including five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Video presentations of his work have been seen on Alive From Off Center (PBS), the Preview Pavilion at Expo 86 in Vancouver, BC, NHK-TV in Japan, NOS-TV in Holland, BBC-TV in England, West German Television, Czech Television, and many local television stations in the U.S. and abroad. Recordings of his music have been released on the New Albion, Angel/EMI, Cold Blue, Fontec, Aoede, Les Disques du Crepuscule, Gyroscope/Caroline, Icon, Materiali Sonori, and ABC labels.

"When it comes to attempts at musical seduction, Daniel Lentz's music is way out in front." —Kyle Gann, "Village Voice"

"By intriguing his listeners at the same time he wreathes them in smiles, Lentz always comes up with something listenable and worthwhile." — Arved Ashby, "Gramophone"

"Daniel Lentz’s work, with its sparkle and pulse … a glossy, Pop Art-Southern California palette of colors … seems to reveal new facets with each encounter." —"Dusted" magazine

"Lentz's music proves to be quite labyrinthine and filled with a vigorous sensuality." —"e/i" magazine

"Lentz's works, in their spirited interaction between human performers and products of technology, reaffirm that today, as always in the past, man and machine can make vital music together." —H. Wiley Hitchcock, "Music in the United States," 3rd edition

"Lentz's work 'chortles' in ways both sensual and intellectual." —"Los Angeles Reader"