Silver Bow Sound commissions Lurie for new work regarding antisemitism | "Precisely" listed as finalist for the American Prize orchestral division | "CORE" wins the Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition | Lurie wins inaugural Stamps Composition Competition |
Asher Lurie (b. 2003) is an internationally recognized composer, percussionist, and guitarist from Dallas, Texas. His percussion quartet CORE won the 2025 Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition, and his quartet Time Breach 807B was a finalist in The Sound Ensemble Composition Competition. Recently, his orchestral work Precisely was named a finalist for both the American Prize and the Brevard Music Center Composition Competition. A recent graduate of the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, Lurie studied Music Theory and Composition with Donald Scott Stinson and with resident composers Matthias Pintscher, Chen Yi, and Marcos Balter. He will begin his Master’s in Composition at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Fall 2025.
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"Stinson says Lurie’s capacity to listen widely and intently, analyze what he hears, and apply it to his own compositions has helped him grow enormously. 'Lately, Asher has gotten pretty scary, as every work he has brought in has been jaw-droppingly impressive and seemingly a real advance on his previous work,' Stinson said. 'Asher is relentless in his pursuit of that excellence.'"
"Congratulations to composer Asher Lurie! His percussion quartet, Core, has won the national Tribeca New Music Division 2 Young Composer Competition for ages 21 and younger... As the First Prize recipient of the 2025 Division 1 Young Composer Competition, Asher will receive a $1,000 award, and his score will be performed on the Tribeca New Music 2025-2026 Festival in NYC. Stay tuned for details!"