Michael J. Stewart is a British composer, pianist, writer and record producer. He studied composition with Michael Hurd at  Chichester College of Music and later with John Tavener at Trinity College of Music, London. London. He also completed courses in  electronic music with Glen Morgan and composing for film with Richard Arnell.

Stewart describes his compositional style as ‘pluralistic’ and is not confined to any one particular genre or style. He has worked in collaboration with film, dance, theatre and other mixed media projects, His music is often inspired by his interests in cosmology, time, Zen philosophy and quantum theory.  

As a writer he has written for many leading music publications including Gramophone Magazine, The Good CD Guide, Music & Musicians, The Guardian and the BBC, as well as writing booklet CD liner notes for major classical labels. In 2017 he founded the record label A Flock Ascending to promote emerging talent in the field of performance and contemporary music.