Nico Muhly
composer
Nico Muhly is an American composer who writes orchestral music, works for the stage, chamber music, and sacred music. He’s received commissions from the Metropolitan Opera: Two Boys (2011) and Marnie (2018), and from Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Tallis Scholars, and King’s College, Cambridge, among others. He is a Collaborative Partner at the San Francisco Symphony and has been featured at the Barbican and the Philharmonie de Paris as composer, performer, and curator. An avid collaborator, he has worked with choreographers Benjamin Millepied at the Paris Opera Ballet, Bobbi Jene Smith at The Juilliard School, and Justin Peck and Kyle Abraham at New York City Ballet, as well as artists Sufjan Stevens, The National, Teitur, Anohni, James Blake, and Paul Simon. His work for film includes scores for The Reader (2008) and Kill Your Darlings (2013) and the BBC adaptation of Howards End (2017). Recordings of his works have been released by Decca and Nonesuch, and he is part of the artist-run record label Bedroom Community, which released his first two albums: Speaks Volumes (2006) and Mothertongue (2008).
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