Daniel Asia (b. 1953) is one of a small number of composers who has traversed all the realms of composition with equal skill. As testament to this, he is a 2009 recipient of an American Academy of Sciences and Letters Award. Elliott Hurwitt writes in a Schwann Opus review of the composer’s music, “Daniel Asia is a genuine creative spirit, an excellent composer...He is a welcome addition to the roster of our strongest group of living composers.“