Michael Kurek

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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
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