
Mason Bates
@masonbates
composer of Grammy-winning opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs; DJ; former composer-in-residence of Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. MasonBates.com
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One more performance left of my new violin concerto with the extraordinary The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by @nezetseguin and performed by Gil Shaham – and thank you to The Philadelphia Inquirer for this wonderful review! inquirer.com/arts/philadelp…

Bart Sher is an absolute master and worked wonders with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay when we recently workshop it Metropolitan Opera. Absolutely cannot wait to dive into this further! playbill.com/article/bartle…

Great article from a superb outlet about an extraordinary human being… #AnneAkikoMeyers has done so much advance classical music into the 21st Century. SF Classical Voice sfcv.org/articles/artis…

On Monday night, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago joined forces with Grammy Award-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird for a program of contemporary music led by Lina González-Granados, anchored by Mason Bates' mystical Anthology of Fantastic Zoology. 📷: Todd Rosenberg


Huge thanks to Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Lina González-Granados for bringing to life my psychedelic bestiary Anthology of Fantastic Zoology in Chicago – love this orchestra and the amazing energy of the players!


How cool is this!? U.S. Air Force Band just played Mothership under Colonel Don Schofield! Mothership imagines the orchestra as a spaceship - which seems quite fitting. Wishing I could have been there to cheer them on and super honored to have been programmed!


“An imaginative, functional work like this is likely to have a lasting shelf-life. “Fantasia” certainly has.” Thank you to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Jeremy Reynolds for this review of Philharmonia Fantastique with Pittsburgh Symphony! post-gazette.com/ae/music/2024/…

Everyone from solo artists to large organizations should check out this FREE masterclass from Aubrey Bergauer, whose innovative ideas about growing audiences are balanced with a deep commitment to the core offerings of our field. 6/20 at 10AM PDT: bit.ly/4bMsANU



Metropolitan Opera Confirms Two New Works - operawire.com/metropolitan-o… OperaWire METOrchMusicians Metropolitan Opera Missy Mazzoli Mason Bates #ClassicalMusic #opera #orchestra #arts

Thrilled that Pittsburgh Symphony released Resurrexit, which brings to life the biblical story with magic and propulsion. The piece begins with Mary mourning after the Crucifixion and then moves into a quicksilver depiction of reanimation and resurrection. apple.co/3SkCW03

Some happy news for classical music about Arkansas Symphony, where the symphony orchestra will have a new $12 million home! Bravo to CEO Christina Littlejohn for her creative thinking and also to Simon Woods of League of American Orchestras for his insights! npr.org/2024/09/12/nx-…

So honored that my piano Concerto is included on the stunning survey of American music by Daniil Trifonov, our greatest living pianist. He brings such depth and elegance, matched with a mercurial sensibility, to everything he does. deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/dan…


Opening tonight Indiana University IU Jacobs School of Music 🙌🙌🙌🙌 apnews.com/article/kavali…



BIG NEWS! The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay will OPEN Metropolitan Opera's 2025–25 Season Sunday, September 21!!! metopera.org/season/2025-26…
