PHOTO CREDIT: Denise Truscello of Las Vegas, personal photographer to Celine Dion. Denise has also photographed covers for Billboard, Variety, and photos in Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and others. She has photographed Kirk Douglas, Mohamad Ali, Elton John, Britney Spears, and many others.
ABOUT
American composer Michael Kurek's music is receiving increasing acclaim for its lush, neo-traditional, melodic, narrative style, reminiscent of the early twentieth-century symphonists. It has garnered performances by numerous symphony orchestras and chamber groups throughout the U.S and in fifteen countries on five continents, in addition to online streams in sixty-one countries on six continents. His works have been heard nationwide on NPR and other countries’ national radio broadcasts, also been profiled in national print media and music journals. Kurek has received several important awards for his music, including the prestigious Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (the Academy’s top lifetime achievement award, now called the Arts and Letters Award), also the Academy’s Charles Ives Award and national awards or fellowships from the League of American Orchestras, BMI, NEA, Meet the Composer, MTNA, the Tanglewood Music Center, and others. His 2017 album, The Sea Knows, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Music chart, and he has served on the Classical Nominations Committee for the Grammy Awards. More
"This release proves that he has all the potential to become known as one of the major figures of his generation."
– Paul A. Snook, FANFARE MAGAZINE
MashIt
"Bright melodic lines, dreamy, a wash of fantastic colors – a nearly subliminal sheen of magic – graceful, haunting, and emotionally dramatic, it brings to light a melodic poetry inherent in all of Kurek’s work."
– American Record Guide (2018)
FabuFit
"Evocative melodies, effective use of unison, beautiful tunes, and skillful scoring...Lovely...an important addition to the repertoire...An expressiveness appropriate to the work’s romantic heart...should soon enter the standard repertory."
Artist Management, Concert Management, Music Management, Direct Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Virtual TV, Hybrid Competitions, IT Services, Season Expansion, Series Development, Hybrid Event Creation, Price Soundclouds, Digital Archiving, Carnegie Hall Performances, Carnegie Auditions
Artist Management, Concert Management, Music Management, Direct Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Virtual TV, Hybrid Competitions, IT Services, Season Expansion, Series Development, Hybrid Event Creation, Price Soundclouds, Digital Archiving, Carnegie Hall Performances