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Michael Kieran Harvey
Artist and Composer
Michael Kieran Harvey was born in Sydney and studied piano with Alan Jenkins, Gordon Watson, and at the Liszt Academy, Budapest, under Sándor Falvai. His career has been notable for its diversity and wide repertoire. He has especially promoted the works of Australian and contemporary composers and recorded well over 30 solo CDs on various labels. His most recent CD, Elektra (Move MD3329 2009) was described by Australian critic Clive O'Connell as the product of an "indefatigable master-pianist...pieces commissioned especially for his volcanic talent" (Oct 2009). Harvey's homage to Zappa "48 Fugues For Frank" was premiered at Mona Foma 2010. Harvey's awards include the Grand Prix in the Ivo Pogorelich Competition, USA (1993), the Debussy Medal, Paris (1986), the Australian government's Centenary Medal (2002) and the 2009 APRA award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music. The Michael Kieran Harvey Scholarship was established in 2006 to encourage future directions in Australian keyboard art music. He is currently on staff at the Australian National Academy of Music.
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Australian piano music by Gifford, Gould, Ford, Yu and Michael Kieran Harvey
Elektra is an experiment in extending acoustic piano sound via computer, and was a collaboration with sound engineer Michael Hewes, who surfed the piano resonances
in real time. Michael Kieran Harvey performs Larry Sitsky's epic piano work
Larry Sitsky's "Dimensions of Night" draws on ancient legend, myth and spiritual history. It reflects on the connectedness of the world's religious mythologies and their frequent exploitation to cause harm to the vulnerable. The epic employs a series of chords to underpin the sequence of harmonies throughout the whole cycle.
Michael Kieran Harvey plays new music for keyboard
All my life I have been fascinated by the interaction of science and art, especially with music. In an age where art music seems to have been relegated to the area of palliative care by "market forces", the uncompromising approach of some composers still willing to embrace science and the natural world seems to me very much in the spirit of the Enlightenment: to oppose the monolithic hegemonies of church, state and ideology, and instead fight for pluralism and individual freedom, to think for oneself, and to pursue one's curiosity. Michael Kieran Harvey
Chamber music by Eve Duncan
A collection of chamber music by Australian composer Eve Duncan. This new CD features recordings of her work performed by artists from Australia and overseas including the Australian National Academy of Music String Ensemble and Michael Kieran Harvey.
the piano music of Kanako Okamoto performed by Michael Kieran Harvey
This instalment of the Michael Kieran Harvey Collection features the piano music of Kanako Okamoto.
Michael Kieran Harvey
Broadway Boogie is a collection of new music for piano featuring works by Nigel Westlake, Andrew Ford, Andrew Byrne, Mark Pollard and Michael Kieran Harvey. It won the best classical CD of 2008 in Melbourne's Herald-Sun.
The piano music of Mike Nock played by Michael Kieran Harvey
Mike Nock returned to Australia in 1985 after spending 25 years in the US where he established an international reputation through his many tours and recordings. Although primarily known as a jazz composer his music has been commissioned and performed by such as the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra (USA), The New Zealand Piano Quartet & New Zealand String Quartet, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy, ensemble 24 and Melbourne Windpower among many others.
Michael Kieran Harvey
Written by Larry Sitsky in 2004 is a highly virtuosic piano work played by Michael Kieran Harvey. The Way of the Seeker is based on thematic material derived from fragments of oriental chant. This work takes its title from the English translation of Hakim Sanai's mystical text the Sair al-Ibad ila'l Maad (the Way of the Seeker) written in the 11th century.
Michael Kieran Harvey, piano
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) were two of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. Both were remarkable in that they discovered their own unique and distinctive creative voice when they were in their teens and each was inspired by one of the two great 'religions' of the twentieth century, Catholicism and Communism respectively.
The second volume in this series features performances from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of Melbourne, and pianist, Michael Kieran Harvey
Michael Kieran Harvey and Peter Cundall
Each of the 13 pieces in the Catalogue d'oiseaux explores the calls and environment of a single bird species. Virtuoso pianist Michael Kieran Harvey's dazzling pianistic pyrotechnics are displayed to the full in this amazing live performance recorded in Hobart in April 2005.
Michael Kieran Harvey, piano
Michael Kieran Harvey is one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary piano music of his generation. A champion of Australian music and himself a composer, he regularly commissions new Australian music and has performed Australian music with Australia's leading contemporary music ensembles and orchestras.
Michael Kieran Harvey, piano
Michael Kieran Harvey: "My interest in the music of Liszt resulted in the first compact disc, originally released in 1991. The record traces the influence of the Liszt B minor Sonata on three early 20th Century composers: Rachmaninov, Ravel and Skryabin.
The Ambient Music of Mark Clement Pollard
The recent work of Mark Clement Pollard is unique in its pursuit of beauty and simplicity. A Handful of Rain is the first comprehensive collection of this acclaimed Australian composer's popular style.
The Chamber Music of Peter Tahourdin
The works featured on this CD span nearly a quarter of a century of composition in the field of chamber music by Peter Tahourdin.
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