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 Michael Riesman, the multi-talented composer, conductor, keyboardist, and record
producer, has influenced many of today’s greatest talents as the innovative
musical director of the world-renowned Philip Glass Ensemble.
Riesman has had a long-lived collaborative relationship with Philip
Glass. Indeed, when Glass received his Golden Globe Award in 1999 for The Truman
Show score, he publicly proclaimed Riesman "a genius."
Riesman has been playing keyboards in the Philip Glass Ensemble since 1974, and
has served as its Musical Director since 1976. In addition to conducting the
Oscar nominated scores Notes On A Scandal, The Truman Show, and Martin Scorsese’s
Kundun, he is the conductor of the
revolutionary Einstein on the Beach
(both recordings), Glassworks,
The Photographer, Songs From Liquid Days,
Dance Pieces, The Illusionist, Hamburger Hill, Music in 12 Parts (all three
recordings), Passages, Koyaanisqatsi
(both recordings), Mishima, Powaqqatsi,
The Thin Blue Line, Anima Mundi, The Secret Agent, A Brief History of Time, La
Belle et La Bête, Candyman, , Naqoyqatsi, Taking Lives, Secret Window, and
numerous other soundtracks and albums. Riesman was the pianist on the
Oscar-nominated score for The Hours,
and has also released an album of his arrangement of that music for solo piano.
In addition to his work with the Philip Glass Ensemble, Riesman has also
conducted and performed on albums by Paul Simon (Hearts
and Bones), Scott Johnson (Patty
Hearst), Mike Oldfield (Platinum),
Ray Manzarek (Carmina Burana), David
Bowie (BlackTie/White Noise), and
Gavin Bryars (Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me
Yet).
Along with interpreting the music of others, Riesman also finds time to create
original works. He has released an album,
Formal Abandon, which he wrote, produced and performed entirely, on the
Rizzoli label, which originated from a commission by choreographer Lucinda
Childs. In the theater, he
collaborated with Robert Wilson on Edison
(presented in New York, Paris, and Milan).
His film scores include Enormous
Changes at the Last Minute, Pleasantville (1976), and Christian Blackwood's
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