Sampling: Stealing, Borrowing and Re-Shaping in Contemporary Music Thursday October 18th 2012 / Austrian Cutural Forum
The Artist
Recent projects
The music of New-York based composer Nico Muhly has been played by such ensembles as eighth blackbird, the Britten Sinfonia, The Chicago Symphony, and the New York Philarmonic, and sung by soloists including David Daniels, Mark Padmore and Jessica Rivera. In addition to numerous recordings of his own music (available on Decca and Bedroom Community Records), he has collaborated on projects with Anthony and the Johnsons, Björk, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Grizzly Bear, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, and and Teitur Lassen. His first opera, Two Boys, premiered at the English National Opera in June 2011. 2012 premieres include commissions from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britten and a new collaboration with choreographer Benjamin Millepied for New York City Ballet.
>Choral Grief is the Price We Pay for Love (2011) Luminous Body (2011) I Drink the Air Before Me (2009)
Ressources Nico Muhly’s official site: http://nicomuhly.com/
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>Film Margaret (2011) Felicitas (2009) The Reader (2008) > Opera Two Boys (2011) Dark Sisters (2010) > Orchestra So Far So Good (2012) Luminous Body (2011) Detailed Instructions (2010) Impossible Things (2009) Vocalise on Al lampo dell’ armi (2009) Drones on O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless (2009) The Only Tune (2009) Step Team (2008)
Recordings
> Percussion I Shudder to Think (2008)
Seeing is Believing by the Aurora Orchestra (Decca/Universal Classics, 2011) A Good Understanding by Los Angeles Master Chorale (Includes many choral works) (Decca/Universal Classics, 2010) I Drink the Air Before Me (Bedroom Community, Decca/ Universal Classics, 2010) The Reader (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by various artists (Lakeshore Records, 2009) Mothertongue (Bedroom Community, 2008) Joshua (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by various artists (Moviescore Media, 2008) Speaks Volumes (Bedroom Community, 2007)
> Small Ensemble Planetarium (2012) Fast Music with Folk Songs (2011) Drones & Piano (2010) I Drink the Air Before Me (2009) Motion (2009) Farewell Photography (2009) Triade (2008) Mothertongue (2008) Wonders (2008) The Only Tune (2008) Common Ground (2008)
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