The music of Michael Torke has been called "some of the most optimistic, joyful and thoroughly uplifting music to appear in recent years" (Gramophone). Hailed as a "vitally inventive composer" (Financial Times) and "a master orchestrator whose shimmering timbral palette makes him the Ravel of his generation" (New York Times), Michael Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre.

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In this episode Michael goes deep on synesthesia, intellectual pursuits, writing music for self-glory, being debt free, process, failure, commissions, and more!

Website:

• www.michaeltorke.com

Recommended Listening

• Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major

Recommended Reading

• David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years
• Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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