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Recipient Of A 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship And Of The Luciano Berio Rome Prize From The American Academy In Rome Keeril Makan Has Also Received Awards From The American Academy Of Arts And Letters The Fromm Foundation The Gerbode Foundation The Hewlett Foundation Meet The Composer The Aaron Copland House The Utah Arts Festival And ASCAP. Described By The New Yorker As “an Arrestingly Gifted Young American Composer ” And By The New York Times As “consistently Stimulating ” His Work Has Been Commissioned By The Bang On A Can All-Stars American Composers Orchestra Harvard Musical Association And Carnegie Hall Among Others. Makan’s Work Has Been Featured At The Other Minds Festival In San Francisco And The MATA Festival In New York And Internationally At The Gaudeamus Festival In The Netherlands Musica Nova In Finland And Voix Nouvelles In France. His Music Has Been Performed By The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center The International Contemporary Ensemble The Scharoun Ensemble Berlin Red Light New Music The Argento Chamber Ensemble Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Dal Niente The Sonar Quartett The Del Sol Quartet Nuova Consonanza The New Juilliard Ensemble Percussionist David Shively Guitarist Seth Josel Pianist Bruce Levingston And Pianist Ivan Ilic Among Others. He Has Been A Fellow At Yaddo Ucross Brush Creek Civitella Ranieri The Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus And Djerassi. His First CD In Sound Was Released On The Tzadik Label With Performances By The Kronos Quartet And Paul Dresher Ensemble. Starkland Has Released His Second CD Target With Performances By Either/Or The California E.A.R. Unit And Soprano Laurie Rubin. His Music Has Also Been Recorded On Innova And Carrier Records. Schott Is Publishing His Compositions. read less