"This week, music lovers have an opportunity to hear a live performance of a work by composer Mason Bates, a leading figure in 21st-century classical music. A resident of Burlingame for several years, Bates holds the distinction of being this century's second most often performed classical music composers. On Nov. 22, Bates will be the featured electronica soloist when his symphony Alternative Energy tops a Redwood Symphony concert bill at Cañada College in Redwood City."
"Bates has collaborated with industry giants such as Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, including a "Beethoven & Bates" concert series in 2013, and with other conductors as illustrious as Riccardo Muti and Marin Alsop. John Adams, perhaps the most celebrated living classical composer, has been his most ardent mentor. For Redwood Symphony, an all-volunteer orchestra proud of a mission combining "daring programming, technical excellence, and commitment to both classical tradition and the future of orchestral music," Bates, 48, has long represented validation with his frequent presence."
""He has universal appeal, even to people who 'don't like classical music,'" says Eric Kujawsky, who is reaching the 40-year mark as Redwood Symphony director with this concert, which also features Chabrier's España Rhapsody"
Mason Bates is a leading 21st-century classical composer and a Burlingame resident, ranked as this century's second most often performed classical composer. He will appear Nov. 22 as the electronica soloist for his symphony Alternative Energy with Redwood Symphony at Cañada College in Redwood City. Bates has collaborated with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, participated in a "Beethoven & Bates" series, worked with Riccardo Muti and Marin Alsop, and counts John Adams as a mentor. He has won Grammy Awards, including for an opera about Steven Jobs, and his opera The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay received Met Opera radio recognition. Redwood Symphony is an all-volunteer orchestra combining daring programming with technical excellence and is marking its 40th anniversary.
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