Michael Gordon
Born in Miami Beach in 1956, Michael Gordon holds a BA from New York University and a Masters of Music from the Yale School of Music. He is co-founder and co-artistic director of the Bang on a Can Festival, a major force in the presentation of new music. His CDs include Weather (Nonesuch), Trance (Argo), Decasia (Cantaloupe), Lost Objects (Teldec) and Big Noise from Nicaragua (CRI).

Gordon's music has been presented at BAM, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, The Kitchen, the Kolner Philharmonie, Royal Albert Hall, the Bonn Oper, and the Jewish Museum in Vienna; at the Rotterdam, Edinburgh, St. Petersburg, Holland, Adelaide, Huddersfield, Settembre Musica, and the Dresden music festivals; in the choreography of Eliot Feld, the Royal Ballet, emio greco/pc, Heinz Spoerli, and other dance companies; and as a featured artist in the repertoires of Ensemble Modern, the Kronos Quartet and London's Icebreaker Ensemble. In 1983 Gordon formed the Michael Gordon Philharmonic--part string quartet, part rock band--that performed his angular tunes and driving rhythms with compelling energy and off-beat humor in concerts worldwide. The latest incarnation of this ensemble performed at the 2000 Next Wave Festival.