Michael Dulin
| Michael Dulin | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1952 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Genres | Classical, Neo-Classical, Contemporary Instrumental, New Age, Smooth Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Pianist, Recording Artist |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Labels | Equity Digital, Equity Music Group |
| Website | MichaelDulin.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano | |
Michael Dulin is an American pianist and composer. In addition to performing his original music, Dulin has appeared both solo and with orchestra in performances of classical music. He has also toured as keyboardist with the Motown group, the Temptations.
Four of Dulin's albums The One I Waited For, Atmospheres, Follow The River and Timeless II have reached the #1 spot on the Zone Music Reporter (formerly New Age Reporter or NAR) Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart. Two of his albums have been awarded the New Age Reporter’s NAR Lifestyle Music Award in 2004, its inaugural year for Atmospheres (Best Instrumental Album – Piano), and again in 2005 for Timeless (Best Neo-Classical Album). Dulin was also a finalist in the Carnegie Hall International Piano Competition in 1985, and was awarded the Silver Medal in the Second Annual International Audio-Video Competition in New York.
It has been noted that while Dulin has a strong classical music background, his music is reminiscent of New Age. Dulin has cited Philip Aaberg, David Lanz, Keiko Matsui and Clara Ponty as some of the artists whose work he has admired. Dulin and his business partner, Dan Whiteside, own and operate Equity Digital, a music label, and PSI Digital, a digital recording facility both located in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dan Michael Dulin was born on September 17, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama, where he still resides. Mike’s dad worked for US Steel, and his mom worked in her father’s furniture store and then in a doctor’s office filing insurance claims. Mike has one sister, Brenda, who is three years older. In an early interview Dulin has stated that in his formative years as an instrumentalist, he would play the piano by ear and learned to sight read at a much later date. He had started improvising on the piano when he was 8–9 years old. He has also credited his accomplishments to his parents who had made a lot of sacrifices to help him follow his dreams, including a gift of a Steinway grand piano on his 15th birthday.
Dulin is a graduate of the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He studied piano performance at Birmingham-Southern College where he was twice awarded the Alys Robinson Stephens Piano Prize. Subsequently he has studied at The Juilliard School in New York with concert pianist Adele Marcus.
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