Tobias Picker has been commissioned to write operas for the Santa Fe Opera (Emmeline), LA Opera (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Dallas Opera (Thérèse Raquin), San Francisco Opera (Dolores Claiborne), Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (Awakenings) and Metropolitan Opera (An American Tragedy). He has also composed numerous works in other genres, including three symphonies, concertos for violin, viola, cello, and oboe, as well as four piano concertos and chamber music. His orchestral works have been commissioned and performed by the BBC Proms, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Helsinki Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Munich Philharmonic, National Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, and Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, among others. His honors include the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording (Fantastic Mr. Fox), and a lifetime membership at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to Aryeh Lev Stollman, novelist, neuroradiologist, and librettist for his forthcoming opera Lili Elbe, an opera based on the life of the Trans painter, Lili Elbe. His works are published exclusively by Schott Music.