Researched musician profile
About Michael Malis
Malis’s official biography identifies him as a Detroit-based pianist, composer, and educator. It documents thirteen albums as a recording artist, university and conservatory teaching, and performances of his compositions in Detroit and across the United States.[1]
His official composition archive extends beyond piano improvisation into solo, chamber, large-ensemble, vocal, electronic, and multidisciplinary work. Malis also founded Other Tones, a Detroit concert series whose biography documents presentations by twenty-two artists from seven cities.[2][1]
Another Shore, Another Country: Six Songs for Cavafy, released in 2026, pairs Malis’s piano and compositions with Constantine Novotny’s voice and poetry by C. P. Cavafy. The release follows the prepared-piano improvisations on 2025’s Marginalia Vol. 3: Fall, showing two distinct parts of his artist-run catalog.[3][4]
Other Tones
Malis founded the Detroit series to present local and visiting composer-performers, with proceeds directed to the artists.[1]
Composition archive
His official catalog documents solo, chamber, large-ensemble, vocal, electronic, and multidisciplinary scores.[2]
Six Songs for Cavafy
The 2026 song cycle joins Malis’s piano and settings with Constantine Novotny’s voice and Cavafy’s texts.[3]