Asher Lurie (b. 2003) is an internationally programmed composer, percussionist, and guitarist born and raised in Dallas, Texas. His orchestral work Precisely was recently recognized as a finalist in the Brevard Music Center Composition Competition and received third place in the Frost Composition Competition. He is a senior at the University of Miami Frost School of Music studying Music Theory and Composition with Scott Stinson and resident composers Matthias Pintscher and Chen Yi. Lurie has studied and collaborated with artists at the soundSCAPE Festival, Cortona Sessions, Brevard Music Festival, and Atlantic Music Festival. Recently, he has had the opportunity to compose works for Sandbox Percussion, arx duo, KHAOS Wind Quintet, and the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Beta Tau chapter.

 

Lurie began his musical journey through lessons in guitar and bass with Mick Cervino (bassist for Ritchie Blackmore, K.K. Downing, and Yngwie Malmsteen) where he studied rock and metal music through a neoclassical lens. Inspired by this education and his Jewish heritage, Lurie’s music regularly explores aspects of aggression, tension, and relentlessness with warm, dreamy touches emerging from the background.