Michael Galasso has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 5 March 2017. Michael Galasso's music has been featured on 15 episodes.

Composer, violinist and musical director Michael Galasso was born in Hammond, Louisiana in 1949 and died in Paris on September 9, 2009.

Born in Louisiana, to a concert violinist father and an oboist mother. He began studying the violin at the age of 3 and had his solo debut performing Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor with the New Orleans Philharmonic at age 11. Galasso continued his studies at Oberlin and Dartmouth Colleges.

A musician of classical formation influenced by his encounter…