Nico Muhly, from Björk at the Met in New York
“Being a composer today is not just about aligning notes. It is also to be aware of the multiple options available to us! ” This is the precept set by Nico Muhly, at 11, from his first compositions. At 38, the man who is seen as the champion of minimalist renewal in New York sails between genres and legacies. Collaborating as well with the choreographer Benjamin Millepied of which he is one of the official composers, the singer Björk or his elder Phil Glass. Among his influences, He cites Reich, Riley as much as Stravinsky, Boulez or the choirs of the Renaissance! It is through choral singing that this son of a plastic artist and a director made his first musical weapons. Since then the song has not left him. And he is the youngest composer to receive an opera commission from the New York Met. It was twelve years ago, for Two Boys , his second lyric work, on harassment through the internet. Her latest opera, Marnie , was released
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