Daniel Asia
Daniel Asia has been an eclectic and unique composer from the start. He has enjoyed the usual grants from Meet the Composer, a UK Fulbright award, Guggenheim Fellowship, MacDowell and Tanglewood fellowships, ASCAP and BMI prizes, Copland Fund grants, and numerous others. He has been honored with a Music Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and induction into the American Academy of Science and Letters. His opera, The Tin Angel, was given its world premiere by Teatro Grattacielo on June 28 and 29, 2025, at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York. As a writer and critic, his articles have appeared in Academic Questions, The New Criterion, the Huffington Post, New Music Connoisseur, and American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of Observations on Music, Culture and Politics, recently published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, and editor of The Future of (High) Culture in America (CSP). His recorded works may be heard on the labels of Summit, New World, Attacca, Albany, Babel, Innova, and Mushkatweek. Mr. Asia is Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Arizona, and President of Polyhymnia (aka The Center for American Culture and Ideas, a 501c3 organization). He is a board member of the National Association of Scholars. His website is www.danielasia.net.