Christopher Cerrone: The Air Suspended & Why Was I Born Between Mirrors?

Featuring

Shai Wosner
Clara Kim
Giancarlo Latta
Maren Rothfritz
Audrey Chen
Patrick Swoboda

Erika Boysen
Eric Jacobs
Nathalie Shaw
Norbert Lewandowski
Oscar Micaelsson
Ian David Rosenbaum
Argus Quartet
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Christopher Cerrone

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Recording & Production

The album's producer, Christopher Cerrone, prefers albums that are not simply imitations of live music-making, aiming for a close-up sound rather than the ambience of a concert hall.

Composer Biography

Christopher Cerrone, born in 1984, is internationally acclaimed for his compositions, which are characterized by subtle timbre and resonance, literary fluency, and multimedia collaborations.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Christopher Cerrone's music is connected to elemental things, emerging from an idea of the very earliest music, like prehistoric humans making music in caves.

Recording & Production

This album was created as an experiment, using instruments recorded in studios and living rooms across the country, after Christopher Cerrone's new piano concerto performances were canceled in March 2020.

Performer Biography

The Argus Quartet is a versatile ensemble that won First Prize at the M-Prize Competition and the Concert Artists Guild Competition, appearing at venues like Carnegie Hall and the Ravinia Festival.

Composer Biography

Christopher Cerrone's first opera, Invisible Cities, based on Italo Calvino's novel, was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, and he has received multiple GRAMMY nominations.

Performer Biography

Pianist Shai Wosner has received international recognition for his artistry and intellectual curiosity, performing a broad range of repertoire from Beethoven to Ligeti.