Walls and Bridges
Walls and Bridges is a 10-day series of performances and critical explorations uniting French and American thinkers and artists from social sciences, philosophy, literature and live arts.
Muhly Nico
COMPOSER
USA
Biography
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.
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