New Event
Canto Ostinato
A breathtaking new form for an already-monumental opus
April 8 / The New School
New Event
Matthew Evan Taylor James Brandon Lewis Lesley Mok
Collaborations and compositions honoring new life, togetherness,
and the rhythms of breath.
April 6 / One Rivington
Upcoming Album
Canto Ostinato
Metropolis Ensemble collaborated with Erik Hall and Sandbox Percussion to breathe new life into Simeon ten Holt’s minimalist masterpiece, Canto Ostinato.
Canto Ostinato LP out April 3rd via Western Vinyl
Forward Into Light
On Nonesuch Records +New Amsterdam Records
The reviews are in!
“A distinctive and immersive album by one of America’s most individual talents…scrupulously performed and recorded”…Musical America
“All four works are performed with clarity, focus, and precision”…Gramophone
“The album emerges as a luminous portrait of a composer whose musical language is deeply expressive.”…Radio France
New Events at Rivington
Rule of Three:
Deconstruction, Reconstruction, Transformation
March 1, April 26, May 31 / 1 Rivington Street, NYC
News Alert
New York Times: The Best Classical Music of 2025
Ten years in the making. One extraordinary opera.
Metropolis co-produced and performed Christopher Cerrone’s In a Grove, named one of the New York Times’ Best Classical Performances of 2025.
Metropolis is a nonprofit producing organization for new music and the artists who make it.
News Alert
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN:
Erika Dohi Shapes a Striking Sonic Vision on “Myth of Tomorrow”
New Series
Shinboku
Launched November 3 / 1 Rivington Street, NYC
Get ready to experience a Rivington artist-in-residence series shaped by composer and pianist Erika Dohi working with Forgotten Futures’ vast trove of electronic and electro-acoustic instruments as process-driven tools.
Ongoing Project
Rivington Returns
1 Rivington Street, NYC
Our Lower East Side creative laboratory where new projects are developed and presented in close collaboration with artists.
Ongoing Project
Flame Keepers
Experience our real-time perpetual sonic art installation created by Jakub Ciupinski. 140+ composer contributors since 2021, weaving together multiple streams of music into unexpected, evolving combinations.
Studio Albums
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Him Sophy: Bangsokol
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Vivian Fung: Dreamscapes
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Molly Joyce: Loud and Soft
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Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann: In A Grove
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Tyondai Braxton: Telekinesis
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Questlove and The Roots: Undun
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Timo Andres: Home Stretch
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Ricardo Romaneiro: The Coarse Air
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Emily Wells: this world is too ___ for you
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William Brittelle: Spiritual America
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Pieta Brown: We Are Not Machines
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William Brittelle: Alive in the Electric Snow Dream
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Matthew Evan Taylor: The Unheard Mixtapes
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Phong Tran: The Computer Room
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Jakub Ciupinski: Flame Keepers
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Wye Oak: Shriek Variations
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Samora Pinderhughes: Grief
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Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
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Kalia Vandever: Regrowth
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Gity Razaz: The Strange Highway
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Ricardo Romaneiro: Liquidverse
