Composer Michael Harrison has Died, Age 67

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インドのラーガや独自の調律システムを研究し、ピアノの再設計・再調律を行った作曲家マイケル・ハリソン氏が67歳で死去した。オレゴン大学でインド音楽に目覚めた彼は、ジュリアード音楽院などで学び、ラ・モンテ・ヤングに師事。ヤングの超大作『Well-Tuned Piano』を演奏できる唯一の人物としても知られた。テリー・ライリーやパンディット・プラン・ナートらミニマル・ミュージックの巨匠たちの系譜に連なり、東洋と西洋の音楽伝統を融合させた先駆的な活動で高く評価された。

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Born in 1958, Michael Harrison  re-designed and re-tuned many pianos based on his deep knowledge of Indian raga and nontraditional tuning systems. A polycultural artist, he was also formerly president of the American Academy of Indian Classical Music .  It was during his composition studies at the University of Oregon in the late 1970s that Harrison started developing an interest in Indian music. After singing ragas each morning, he eventually found that his piano sounded out of tune to him. He was also a student of the Philips Academy, and later of The Juilliard School, and the Manhattan School of Music.  He remained in New York to study with La Monte Young  and learned to tune Young’s custom Bösendorfer piano in Young’s Just Intonation tuning. Harrison became the…

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