Michael Harrison
Composer · Pianist · Just Intonation
Photo: Chris Edwards / McColl Center for Art + Innovation
"Music of positively intoxicating beauty."— Steve Smith, The New Yorker
Evening Light: Raga Cycle I
The first volume of Michael Harrison's 8-album Raga Cycle project — music moving through morning, day, evening, and night. Based on Ragas Yaman and Bhupali. Released by Cantaloupe Music.
Co-composed with Ina Filip, voice; with Elliot Cole, prophet synthesizer; with Benoît Rolland, electroacoustics; Mir Naqibul Islam, tabla
Composer/pianist Michael Harrison forges a new approach to composition through just intonation — the ancient tuning system based on pure harmonic proportions. A disciple of Pandit Pran Nath and protégé of La Monte Young, his music bridges classical traditions of Europe and North India. A Guggenheim Fellow, his music has been presented at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Louvre Museum, Centre Pompidou, and listed among NPR's 100 Best Songs.
About Michael →The New Yorker · NPR · The New York Times · WQXR · The Strad
“glacially beautiful... luminous”— Alex Ross, The New Yorker — Just Constellations