World Premieres
From full orchestras to intimate ensembles and unexpected sonic pairings, Metropolis Ensemble brings music installations and immersive experiences into surprising site-specific locations.
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Home Stretch
In 2010, Metropolis presented a World Premiere commission of the solo piano left-hand and candenzas by composer Timo Andres for Mozart’s soaring Piano Concerto No. 26 “Coronation” at Angel Orensanz Center, which later led to a Grammy-nominated studio album featuring the reimagined work.
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Erik Hall's 2020 re-imagining of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians is as adventurous as it is reverent, supplanting the original instrumentation for Hall's own keyboards, guitars, and synthesizers.
Metropolis Ensemble presents Recomposed by Mac Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons for string orchestra and solo violin, featuring violinist Francisco Fullana paired with composer and multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells.
Metropolis Ensemble, Erik Hall, and Sandbox Percussion perform Simeon ten Holt's minimalist masterpiece, Canto Ostinato.
Metropolis Ensemble hosts Matthew Evan Taylor, James Brandon Lewis, and Lesley Mok for one night only at 1 Rivington.
Celebrate the release of Forward Into Light, the debut orchestral album by Sarah Kirkland Snider, performed and recorded by Metropolis Ensemble.
Metropolis Ensemble presents a three-concert development residency with Rule of Three, a newly formed trio of Yale alumni Chelsea Lane (harp), Ginevra Petrucci (flute), and Colin Brookes (viola).
A New Album from Sarah Kirkland Snider featuring her debut orchestral recordings on New Amsterdam Records / Nonesuch Records.
Metropolis Ensemble hosts long-time collaborator Dave Adewumi and his quintet, Altus, to celebrate the release of their upcoming album: MYTHOS.
Metropolis Ensemble, Erik Hall, Sandbox Percussion announce collaborative album of Simeon ten Holt's masterpiece of minimalism.
Metropolis Ensemble hosts DITHER, the legendary NYC-based electric guitar quartet, to perform Michael Gordon’s epic, Amplified, at One Rivington.
Soprano Mikaela Bennett joins forces with the Metropolis with works by Molly Joyce and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
Yaz Lancaster will present a program of works highlighting the iconic 1977 Prophet-5 analog synthesizer, accompanied by multi-instrumentalist and composer Joshua Mastel.
A concert series curated by Erika Dohi in collaboration with Metropolis Ensemble and Forgotten Futures, exploring the power of slowness in a culture of acceleration.
Erika Dohi’s studio album with producer William Brittelle, releasing October 24 on Switch Hit & Figure 8 Recording.
Celebrate with our art gallery collaborators Candice Madey and Marinaro on the Lower East Side.
Matthew Evan Taylor’s Afropneuma at sunrise and Erik Hall’s reimagining of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians.
Presenting World Premiere works by University of Buffalo artists at Silo City, celebrating the festival’s 50th anniversary.
Metropolis Ensemble and MetLiveArts’ co-commissioned work, Life Returns, from composer Matthew Evan Taylor.
Director Mary Birnbaum and music director Andrew Cyr present Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann’s haunting new opera at Prototype Festival.
Paula Matthusen’s expansive, twenty-four hour, multi-tiered space for sonic engagement and reflection presented at Wesleyan University.
Join Ricardo Romaneiro, Andrew Cyr, and Neil Carty to discover how Liquidverse came to life in Shared Reality.
An intimate evening of solo piano works from composer/pianist Timo Andres and works by Duke Ellington, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, and Gabriella Smith.
Experience the summer solstice in a kaleidoscope of sound and ecstatic music. Featuring Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, and Erik Hall.
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