Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984) is internationally acclaimed for compositions characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations.

Recent commissions include In a Grove, a new opera co-produced by LA Opera and Pittsburgh Opera, a violin concerto for Jennifer Koh and the Detroit Symphony, an antiphonal brass concerto for the Cincinnati Symphony, a piano concerto for Shai Wosner and the Phoenix and Albany Symphonies, a percussion concerto for Third Coast Percussion, and four works for the LA Philharmonic. His first opera, Invisible Cities, based on Italo Calvino’s novel, was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and he is the recipient of multiple GRAMMY nominations. He is the winner of the 2015–2016 Rome Prize and was a resident at the Laurenz Haus Foundation in Basel, Switzerland from 2022–2023.

Christopher Cerrone holds degrees from Yale and the Manhattan School of Music and is published by Schott NY. He is on the composition faculty at Mannes School of Music and lives in Jersey City with his wife

? https://christophercerrone.com/

? Excerpt from “In a Grove”: https://youtu.be/MrUYcrlEDW0?si=xNqtSLP7BTQMxeKJ

? ”Hoyt-Schermerhorn”: https://youtu.be/5ow8q6OEwkY?si=Mj2twqGQYldJthaO

? ”Don’t Look Down”: https://youtu.be/7CeMaDGaoxs?si=UArCQ889wheIzfbS

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? Timestamps

00:00 YouTube is underrated
06:45 Languages
08:30 Opera
10:40 Excerpt from the opera, “In a Grove”
12:40 Electronics
19:55 “Hoyt–Schermerhorn,” for piano and electronics
28:45 Aesthetics
34:20 Saad’s Saariaho story
38:27 “Don’t Look Down,” for percussion quartet
42:30 Rhythm
47:50 David Bruce
50:20 Professor Cerrone