WRUU: Interview with Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann
“In A Grove” composer Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann recently spoke with Dave Lake at WRUU in Savannah.
Musical America: “In A Grove” Review
Christopher Cerrone’s haunting opera In a Grove is a good example of how to create something original and modern out of a timeless classic. Cerrone’s atmospheric score is deep and magical.
VAN Magazine: Trust the Truths on “In a Grove”
Chris Cerrone talks about the adaptation process, his favorite Billie Eilish song, the influence of his wife, and how he built an entire opera out of two chords.
Metropolis on WQXR
Listen on-demand to Metropolis artists on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase hosted by Emi Ferguson, including excerpts from Matthew Evan Taylor's Life Returns.
OperaWire: Bangsokol New Release
Bangsokol is the first major symphonic work that addresses the traumas of the Cambodian genocide of the late 1970s.
Middlebury Magazine: Sonic Art
What began as an attempt by Matthew Evan Taylor to collaborate with fellow musicians during the isolation of the pandemic ended up being a yearlong project that culminated in an evening performance at the Met.
I Care If You Listen: 5 Questions to Han Chen about Migration Music
I learned that there are no two identical immigration stories, and they are always intertwined with all other things going on in life, things I just wouldn’t know without doing this project.
Classical Composition, Folk Traditions, and Combining the Two
Han Chen speaks with composer Hsu Chiayu, whose work blends Chinese and western techniques and bond over their shared experience as Taiwanese immigrants.
Cultural Attaché: Interview with Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann
The new opera “In A Grove” may seem familiar, but in the hands of Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann the story that inspired "Rashomon" will definitely be different.
Transitioning Out from a Period of Grief and Healing
Han Chen speaks with composer, improviser, and pianist Jonah Haven about the process of writing a new solo piano work co-commissioned by Han Chen and Metropolis Ensemble.
Video Premiere: de_dust2 from The Computer Room by Phong Tran
For anyone old enough to remember the birth of the internet, the room in the house where that endearing, bulky desktop computer lived had a certain allure.
Archetypes are the Universal Language
Han Chen speaks with composer, pianist, and vocalist Clarice Assad about her Archetypes project, which illustrates types of characters that pop up in cultures all around the world.
Understanding of Eastern and Western Influences
Han Chen speaks with composer Huang Ruo about how he weaves his own personal understanding of Eastern and Western influences into his compositions.