Ari Sussman
Ari Sussman
Ari Sussman (b. 1993) is a Philadelphia born and Ann Arbor based pianist and composer of vocal, chamber, orchestral, choral, and electronic music. Kabbalah, nature, cosmology, meditation, metaphysics, ancient and contemporary poetry, and human interaction are among Sussman's non-musical influences and interests. As a result, Sussman's music illustrates equivocal worlds of sounds that are ambient, euphonious, and ethereal in nature. Sussman received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music with Honors in Composition from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he received the Donald Martino Award for Excellence in Composition. He is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition at the University of Michigan. Among his many awards is the BMI Student Composer Award for his orchestral work Kol Galgal.