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COMPOSERS TERRY RILEY AND MICHAEL HARRISON
WILL PERFORM RECENT COMPOSITIONS
ON OCTOBER 7 AND 10 2004 AT FAUST HARRISON PIANOS

Terry Riley will perform new solo piano works and songs, and
Michael Harrison will perform an abridged version of his acclaimed
work
"Revelation: for Harmonically Tuned Piano,"
at Faust Harrison Pianos, 205 West 58th Street, New York, NY


New York, NY (September 13, 2004)---On October 7th & 10th 2004 at
8:00pm, Faust Harrison Pianos will host an evening of new music by the
American composer/pianists Terry Riley and Michael Harrison. These
performances are part of an ongoing series entitled Pianists for the
New Millennium, featuring outstanding pianists performing in a variety
of genres from classical and jazz, to contemporary avant-garde. These
concerts will also inaugurate the opening of a new performance
space/showroom for Faust Harrison Pianos. The new space will
accommodate 100 people and creates an intimate environment to hear
pianists in a salon-style setting.

California composer Terry Riley will offer rare solo piano
performances of recent works and songs. In 1964, Mr. Riley
revolutionized music with his classic "In C" and launched what is now
known as the Minimalist movement. This seminal work provided a new
concept in musical form based on interlocking repetitive patterns and
it's impact was to change the course of 20th century music. In May of
2000, Riley made his first tour of Russia with solo piano concerts at
the Sergei Kuryokin Festival in Saint Petersburg, the Moscow
Conservatory, and the Dom. The review of these concerts in Izvestia
proclaimed "Terry Riley to be the greatest composer pianist since
Prokofiev." Riley was recently listed in the London Sunday Times as
"one of the 1000 makers of the 20th Century."

Michael Harrison will perform a 45-minute abridged version of his
award winning 100-minute odyssey, REVELATION: for Harmonically Tuned
Piano. Through his work with ancient principles of harmonic
proportion and alternate tuning systems Mr. Harrison has
revolutionized the piano. Following a lifelong study of both Western
classical and North Indian classical music he has forged "a new
harmonic world…" (The New York Times) "…that may well be the path
toward music's future" (Stuart Isacoff, editor, Piano Today).
Revelation is composed for a contemporary "just intonation" tuning
that Harrison invented. The work has been performed internationally
and is highly regarded for bringing the piano into the 21st century.
This performance of Revelation will consist of five of the thirteen
sections of the work: Night Vigil, The Bells of Rome, Tone Cloud III,
Finale, and Revelation. This is a rare opportunity to hear the
composer playing his own work.

Terry Riley and Michael Harrison have been close friends and
colleagues for over 20 years. They are both disciples of the late
master Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath and have performed concerts of
North Indian classical vocal music together for many years. This is
the first time they will appear together in the United States
performing their own piano music.

Tickets for this event are $20.00 general admission and can be
purchased by
calling 212 352-3101 or go to http://www.theatermania.com to order online and
view a complete listing of this event. For more information about this
concert and other events at Faust Harrison Pianos please contact Tony
Scafide at 917 217 3584 or tony@generation-media.com or visit
http://www.faustharrisonpianos.com.

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