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Keeril Makan, Associate Professor of Music. B.M. in composition, B.A. in religion from Oberlin, and Ph.D. in music from the University of California at Berkeley, has received commissions to write music for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, the American Composers Orchestra, and Carnegie Hall, among others. His music has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Fromm Foundation, the Gerbode Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, Meet the Composer, and ASCAP. He was recently awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Makan's work has been featured at the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco and the MATA Festival in New York, and internationally at the Gaudeamus Festival in the Netherlands, Musica Nova in Finland, and Voix Nouvelles in France. The first CD of his music, In Sound, was released on the Tzadik label with performances by the Kronos Quartet and Paul Dresher Ensemble.

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Contact:
keeril@mit.edu
www.keerilmakan.com