Michael Djupstrom, piano

Composer and pianist Michael Djupstrom has received awards and scholarships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP Foundation, the BMI Foundation, and the Sigurd I. and Jarmila H. Rislov Foundation, among others. In 2004, as a member of the Phoenix Trio, he participated in the Brevard Music Center's Advanced Chamber Music Program, and was a composition fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center in 2002 and 2003. Most recently, he attended the Aspen Music Festival as a fellow in the 2005 Composition Master Class Program. His compositions are published by Bright Press and Boosey & Hawkes.

Djupstrom's performing venues include the Tanglewood Music Center, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, and "A Capitol New Year" New Year's Eve celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota. His compositions have been performed by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Brave New Works, the New Fromm Players, the University of Southern California Wind Ensemble, the Northwestern University Symphonic Band, and the Eastman Wind Orchestra, among many others.

In 2005, Djupstrom completed his M.A. in composition at the University of Michigan School of Music, from which he also received his B.M. His piano teachers have included Lynne Bartholomew, Sergio de los Cobos and Katherine Collier. His composition teachers have included Bright Sheng, Susan Botti, William Bolcom, and Karen Tanaka.