Michael Kieran Harvey
- January 5, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Full Name | Michael Kieran Harvey |
Occupation | Pianist |
Date Of Birth | Jul 7, 1961(1961-07-07) |
Age | 63 |
Birthplace | Sydney |
Country | Australia |
Birth City | New South Wales |
Horoscope | Cancer |
Michael Kieran Harvey Biography
Name | Michael Kieran Harvey |
Birthday | Jul 7 |
Birth Year | 1961 |
Place Of Birth | Sydney |
Home Town | New South Wales |
Birth Country | Australia |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Michael Kieran Harvey is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on July 7, 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A musician known for his extensive, varied repertoire and his advocacy for new music and composers.
He premiered many international composers’ works in Australia, including He also premiered many international composers and their works in Australia, including Milton Babbitt..
Michael Kieran Harvey (born 7 July 1961) is an Australian pianist and composer whose career has been notable for its diversity and wide repertoire. He is renowned for commissioning, performing and composing new music. He has especially promoted the works of Australian composers, such as Carl Vine, most of whose piano music he has recorded and much of which was written for him. He is also particularly associated with the piano music of Olivier Messiaen.
Michael studied piano at the Canberra School of Music with Alan Jenkins, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Gordon Watson, and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, under Sándor Falvai. He first came to international prominence by jointly winning with Edith Chen the 1993 International Solo Piano Competition founded by Ivo Pogorelić in Pasadena, California, in which he performed Carl Vine’s Piano Sonata No. 1. At the time, this was the world’s richest piano competition. He entered the competition not believing he could win, but as an excuse to go to Los Angeles to see Frank Zappa, who was very ill, and to seek permission to play his piano music in public. However, Zappa died on the day of the finals and Harvey did not meet him. His manager from Columbia Artists Management was Ronald Wilford, who was Glenn Gould’s manager, and at that stage Ivo Pogorelić’s own manager.
In 1998, he partnered with Bernadette Harvey Balkus, his sister, to form a two-piano group they called Australian Virtuosi.
Michael Kieran Harvey Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Pianist |
House | Living in own house. |
Michael Kieran Harvey is one of the richest Pianist from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Kieran Harvey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was praised for his tie with Edith Chen in 1993 International Solo Piano Competition. This competition was started by Ivo Pogorelic, a Croatian pianist.
His recordings and performances of the oeuvre of composer Olivier Messiaen earned him critical acclaim.
Michael Kieran Harvey was born in Sydney in 1961. He says that as a child he had great difficulty in coming to terms with being a musician, as he played four different codes of football and was also involved in surf lifesaving. His brother Dominic Harvey was head of brass at the Australian National University and is a noted conductor; his sister is the pianist Bernadette Harvey-Balkus; and his other sister Rowan Harvey-Martin is a violinist and noted conductor. His mother Anne (a student of Alexander Sverjensky) had to abandon plans to become a concert pianist when her father died in her mid-teens; and his father Francis was a journalist and for a time a freelance cellist. He is married to pianist Dr Arabella Teniswood-Harvey. Harvey has two children, Isabella and Raphael, from his first wife, the pianist Denise Papaluca.
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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Michael Kieran Harvey celebrates birthday on July 7 of every year.