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Coming in 2024 / An immersive audiovisual symphonic experience from composer Ricardo Romaneiro and Cosm Studios, for the world’s first 87-foot diameter 12K LED dome in Los Angeles.
Coming Soon / New commission from Roscoe Mitchell weaves jazz and baroque, with Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Ruckus, and Emi Ferguson.
Coming Soon / New collaboration with composer Vivian Fung and librettist Royce Vavrek.
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Metropolis plays a central role in the creation of diverse, innovative, and multidisciplinary projects. Here are some examples of our work:
2024
Metropolis collaborated with rising indie pop star and singer-songwriter Caroline Rose on orchestral arrangements of their fan-favorite tracks.
Ongoing Series
Flame Keepers is a live-streaming sonic art installation that weaves together multiple streams of music into unexpected, evolving combinations.
Ongoing Series
Discover new music around every corner of the city in a series of citywide site-specific music experiences for everyone.
2023
Metropolis and pianist Han Chen co-commissioned 18 world premieres after Ligeti’s iconic piano études.
Metropolis projects have been presented by Hollywood Bowl, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NBC's The Tonight Show, Celebrate Brooklyn, Le Poisson Rouge, The Kennedy Center, and more.
Metropolis produces ground-breaking and highly-technical albums with diverse recording studios and non-traditional labels including Nonesuch, Def Jam, Naxos, Merge, and New Amsterdam.
Metropolis brings together genre-bending expert artists for each multifaceted project, including Questlove, Tyondai Braxton, Emily Wells, Roscoe Mitchell, Timo Andres, Du Yun, Vivian Fung, and more.
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Discover some of the memorable concerts, albums, and digital projects we’re produced over the years.
Free pop-up concerts on open streets and pedestrian plazas across the city, expanding community access to new music.
A performative sculpture sailing in Central Park’s Harlem Meer and featuring a Metropolis brass ensemble presented with Creative Time.
An all-star mashup celebrating the pioneering works of electronic music, curated by Questlove at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Our Grammy-nominated debut studio recording featured mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital on Naxos Records.
Tan Dun conducts Metropolis at Lincoln Center in his thrilling scores from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Banquet; and Hero.
An immersive soundbath experience by Ricardo Romaneiro in Brooklyn Botanic’s conservatory ecosystems.
A new family-friendly opera based on Philip Pullman’s novel, featuring Metropolis artists and fantastical puppets at New Victory Theater.
What would a house sound like if it could sing? An immersive concert experience with acoustic musicians and electronics filling private homes.
Our ongoing music laboratory on the Lower East Side has hosted over one hundred intimate concerts and workshops since 2017.
The studio recording of an eighty-seven-piece work for orchestra, choir and electronics released on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records.
A Metropolis commissioned remix of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring presented at Celebrate Brooklyn.
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June 20, 2024
Experience the summer solstice in a kaleidoscope of sound and ecstatic music. Featuring Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, and Erik Hall.
Coming Soon
Get ready for the premiere of composer Ricardo Romaneiro’s immersive audiovisual symphony with Metropolis Ensemble at Cosm, the world’s first 87-foot diameter 12K LED dome in Los Angeles.
April 2–5, 2024
A genre-bending orchestral collab with singer-songwriter Caroline Rose at Brooklyn Steel in Williamsburg and BOMBYX in Northampton.
September 24, 2023
18 newly commissioned works celebrating the etudes of György Ligeti.
June 10—24, 2023
New music in new places that celebrate our city’s diverse neighborhoods.
May 6, 2023
Choose your own sonic adventure with Metropolis and Kaufman Music Center’s teen new music program.
May 5, 2023
Explore an alternate reality internet of mythological nostalgia.
February 14, 2023
Join us for the digital premiere of Life Returns, our March 2022 concert at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
February 11-12, 2023
An audiovisual tapestry and lighting installation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden running in sync with plant-generated binaural soundscapes and live musicians.
December 16-17, 2022
Celebrate the holidays with Brooklyn Youth Chorus at the Cathedral of St. Joseph with special appearances by Metropolis.