Effective period / Period of releases: 2011

Classical composer and pianist Nathan Shirley was born in 1981 on the birthday of Russian master Sergei Prokofiev.
He was raised in North Carolina, the youngest son of an electrical engineer and a pre-school teacher.

In his teens Nathan Shirley was mentored in composition by Olga Harris, the last student of Khachaturian.
As a child, he discovered classical recordings and spent countless hours improvising at the piano.
Though he received private lessons at age 10, he is heavily self-taught.