CHRISTIAN MASON
COMPOSER
“The young winner of the Composers‘ prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation stands for finest listening experiences. Rarely has the music of a young composer managed to radiate such magic”
BIOGRAPHY
Christian Mason is enjoying a prolific career with an array of commissions including the completion of the orchestral cycle Time and Eternity for Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Christoph Eschenbach, as well as The Singing Tree for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (with Neue Vocalsolisten). Christian has also received commissions from the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (a flute concerto), baroque ensemble Il Gardellino, Ensemble Experimental in Freiburg, Witten festival and Orchestre National d’Auvergne, where he will be a composer-in-residence until June 2023.
Recent years saw the premieres of orchestral works for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Christian Thielemann), hr-sinfonieorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra (with Anu Komsi), Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestre National de France (Alla Breve); ensemble works for Ensemble Recherche (at the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin as well as a recording for ‘Winter & Winter’), the CONNECT project (London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Remix, Ensemble Asko-Schönberg), Lucerne Festival (Ensemble Intercontemporain), BBC PROMS (London Sinfonietta), and, in 2021, Donaueschingen Festival; chamber music works for Arditti String Quartet (Paris Philharmonie), Ligeti String Quartet (as well as a CD on nonclassical), ‘Nouveaux Horizons’ festival at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix; solo works for the Orléans Concours International (Brin d’Herbe) and Jack Adler-McKean (tuba).
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