Sean Friar

Born in Los Angeles in 1985, Sean Friar’s first musical love was rock and blues piano improvisation, and piano bad-boy Jerry Lee Lewis his first musical idol. While his focus later shifted toward classical composition, his music still maintains the raucous energy, accessibility and directness of those early musical influences, now along with a diverse and sophisticated classical sensibility. He thrives on composing for both traditional and nontraditional ensembles – recent projects include works for string quartets