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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 17042-4
Barcode: 13711704242
Musical Style: New Age
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A piano enthusiast since the age of six, Michael Harrison received classical training throughout his childhood and went on to study composition at the University of Oregon and the Juilliard School. Since 1979, he has been studying North Indian classical raga with master Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath and Terry Riley. His most profound influence, however, has been renowned avant–garde composer La Monte Young, whose pioneering work with just intonation was a crucial element in Harrison's pursuit of the purest, most uncompromised sound. I was hearing music with sounds that the piano just couldn't achieve; it always sounded out of tune. To solve this problem, I created my own instrument. Thus the harmonic piano was born. Tuned in two just intonation scales, the instrument allows Harrison a range of tonal flexibility and tuning precision of unprecedented scope. Michael Harrison has received Ruth Lorraine Close Awards from the University of Oregon and has been the recipient of grants from Meet The Composer, the Oregon Arts Commission and the Dia Art Foundation. His composition, Symphonic Cortege, a tone poem for full orchestra, received its world premiere by the Eugene Symphony Orchestra in 1992.
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