Michael Torke

Composer Michael Torke cultivates an eclectic, accessible style that includes elements of popular music and jazz without entering crossover or pops territory. His music, sometimes characterized as postminimalist, appeals to a wide variety of audiences, and he has received commissions from major orchestras in the U.S. and abroad. Torke was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 22, 1961. He attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, studying composition with Christopher Rouse and Joseph Schwantner and piano with David Burge. Torke went on for further stud...