Opera, Electronics, Rhythm, and Teaching (ft. Christopher Cerrone)

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
🌐 christophercerrone.com/
💿 Excerpt from “In a Grove”: • The Outlaw, from IN A ...
💿 ”Hoyt-Schermerhorn”: • Timo Andres plays “Hoy...
💿 ”Don’t Look Down”: • Christopher Cerrone - ...
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🕒 Timestamps
00:00 KZbin 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

[@jokkemartens8065]

This just popped up into my recommendations, but the algorithm did its work. Love the compositions and wading into acoustic with electronic as well. This is done so tasteful.

[@saadhaddadshow]

Welcome 🙏🏽 there are a lot more episodes like this one but they’re on my main channel.

[@thedivacomposer]

Great episode! The simple elegance of "Hoyt-Schermerhorn" blew my mind. Also, the idea of quantizing keyboard mashes in a DAW is so sick.

[@saadhaddadshow]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏽

[@AjStillabower]

I've been saying for years - O.E.R.T ...

[@saadhaddadshow]

Say it again for the people in the back 🙌🏼

[@marcsmith7789]

Big fans of both of your work!! awesome to see this.

[@saadhaddadshow]

That's much appreciated Marc!

[@ericleiter6179]

You never cease to impress me Saad...you have definitely got your finger on the pulse with your show. I first heard Christopher with the piece Meander, Spiral, Explode-an amazing percussion based piece. I also think he is one of the best living composers to integrate electronic music into the established acoustic ensembles-always done with great taste and imagination...Memory Palace is also just amazing. I was shocked to learn that he now composes straight into the DAW and creates the score afterwards; with the amount of layers in his music, I would have thought the opposite. Also, Saad, whatever happened to the autographed wall segment of the show???

[@saadhaddadshow]

We still do the autographs but I decided to just take pictures/video of the guests while they are doing it and throw it up on my Instagram instead! -- I was surprised to find out about 6 months in that Chris was watching my show without me knowing -- so it was only natural to have him on!

[@ericleiter6179]

@saadhaddadshow Good call...and that makes sense to save it for Instagram-see, now I need to get on Instagram!