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Michael Daugherty

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American composer, pianist, and teacher

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1954 · age 72
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Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and postmodernism.

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Michael Kevin DaughertyMichael Kevin DaughertyDaugherty brothers: (L-to-R) Tom, Pat, Michael, Tim, and Matt, 1973Daugherty brothers: (L-to-R) Tom, Pat, Michael, Tim, and Matt, 1973Daughterty at IRCAM, 1979Daughterty at IRCAM, 1979From left to right: György Ligeti, Lukas Ligeti, Vera Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, and Michael Daugherty at the ISCM World Music Days in Graz, Austria, 1982From left to right: György Ligeti, Lukas Ligeti, Vera Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, and Michael Daugherty at the ISCM World Music Days in Graz, Austria, 1982

Awards 3

2000Stoeger Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fulbright Scholarship

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Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and postmodernism. Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic book-inspired Metropolis Symphony for orchestra (1988-93), Dead Elvis for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble (1993), Jackie O (1997), Niagara Falls for symphonic band (1997), UFO for solo percussion and orchestra (1999) and for symphonic band (2000), Bells for Stokowski from Philadelphia Stories for orchestra (2001) and for symphonic band (2002), Fire and Blood for solo violin and orchestra (2003) inspired by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Time Machine for three conductors and orchestra (2003), Ghost Ranch for orchestra (2005), Deus ex Machina for piano and orchestra (2007), Labyrinth of Love for soprano and chamber winds (2012), American Gothic for orchestra (2013), and Tales of Hemingway for cello and orchestra (2015). Daugherty has been described by The Times as "a master icon maker" with a "maverick imagination, fearless structural sense and meticulous ear."

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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72
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11 languages

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