New Classical Featured Artist – 08/30/21 – 09/12/21
In this week’s playlist, we’ll be highlighting works by American composer Christopher Cerrone. Cerrone holds degrees from the Yale School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He currently teaches at Mannes School of Music. In 2014, his opera, Invisible Cities, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the following year he was awarded the 2015-2016 Samuel Barber Rome Prize in Music Composition. In July 2019, Cerrone released his album, The Pieces that Fall to Earth, which earned him a GRAMMY nomination.
Connect with Classical Music Indy’s New Classical channel to hear works by Christopher Cerrone.
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