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Projects

Metropolis partners with world-class institutions to create, commission, and produce site-specific performances, new works, recordings, and digital experiences.


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Biophony Pop-Up NYC 2024

August 31—September 29

Discover an immersive soundtrack across New York City’s neighborhoods.

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Timo Andres: Fiddlehead

September 21, 2024

An intimate evening of solo piano works from composer/pianist Timo Andres and works by Duke Ellington, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, and Gabriella Smith.

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DRIFT / LOOP

November 1–2, 2024

Paula Matthusen’s expansive, twenty-four hour, multi-tiered space for sonic engagement and reflection presented at Wesleyan University.

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In A Grove at Prototype

January 16—19, 2025

Director Mary Birnbaum and music director Andrew Cyr present Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann’s haunting new opera at Prototype Festival.

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Take a Closer Look

Metropolis plays a central role in the creation of diverse, innovative, and multidisciplinary projects. Here are some examples of our work:

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Caroline Rose

2024

Metropolis collaborated with rising indie pop star and singer-songwriter Caroline Rose on orchestral arrangements of their fan-favorite tracks.

Flame Keepers

Ongoing Series

Flame Keepers is a live-streaming sonic art installation that weaves together multiple streams of music into unexpected, evolving combinations.

Biophony

Ongoing Series

Discover new music around every corner of the city in a series of citywide site-specific music experiences for everyone.

Infinite Staircase

2023

Metropolis and pianist Han Chen co-commissioned 18 world premieres after Ligeti’s iconic piano études.

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Presenters and Partners

World-Class Venues

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.

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Major Record Labels

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.

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Artist Collaborations

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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The Best of Metropolis

Discover some of the memorable concerts, albums, and digital projects we’re produced over the years.

Essential Metropolis

Ongoing, New York City

Biophony Pop-Up NYC

Ongoing, New York City

Free pop-up concerts on open streets and pedestrian plazas across the city, expanding community access to new music.

Ongoing, New York City

2015, Central Park

Drifting in Daylight

2015, Central Park

A performative sculpture sailing in Central Park’s Harlem Meer and featuring a Metropolis brass ensemble presented with Creative Time.

2015, Central Park

2013, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Electronium

2013, Brooklyn Academy of Music

An all-star mashup celebrating the pioneering works of electronic music, curated by Questlove at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

2013, Brooklyn Academy of Music

2010, Naxos Records

Avner Dorman: Concertos

2010, Naxos Records

Our Grammy-nominated debut studio recording featured mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital on Naxos Records.

2010, Naxos Records

2011, Lincoln Center

The Martial Arts Trilogy

2011, Lincoln Center

Tan Dun conducts Metropolis at Lincoln Center in his thrilling scores from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Banquet; and Hero.

2011, Lincoln Center

2023, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Biophony SoundGarden

2023, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

An immersive soundbath experience by Ricardo Romaneiro in Brooklyn Botanic’s conservatory ecosystems.

2023, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

2013, New Victory Theater

The Firework Maker's Daughter

2013, New Victory Theater

A new family-friendly opera based on Philip Pullman’s novel, featuring Metropolis artists and fantastical puppets at New Victory Theater.

2013, New Victory Theater

2010–16, The Phillips Collection, AIHS, Clinton Hill, Northeast Tour

Brownstone

2010–16, The Phillips Collection, AIHS, Clinton Hill, Northeast Tour

What would a house sound like if it could sing? An immersive concert experience with acoustic musicians and electronics filling private homes.

2010–16, The Phillips Collection, AIHS, Clinton Hill, Northeast Tour

Ongoing, Lower East Side

One Rivington

Ongoing, Lower East Side

Our ongoing music laboratory on the Lower East Side has hosted over one hundred intimate concerts and workshops since 2017.

Ongoing, Lower East Side

2022, Oktaven Audio

Telekinesis

2022, Oktaven Audio

The studio recording of an eighty-seven-piece work for orchestra, choir and electronics released on New Amsterdam / Nonesuch Records.

2022, Oktaven Audio

2008, Prospect Park Bandshell

The Rite Remixed

2008, Prospect Park Bandshell

A Metropolis commissioned remix of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring presented at Celebrate Brooklyn.

2008, Prospect Park Bandshell

2021, Digital

Flame Keepers

2021, Digital

A perpetual live-streaming sonic art installation has featured 95+ Metropolis commissioned composers since 2021.

2021, Digital

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Over the Years

Metropolis Over the Years

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In A Grove at Prototype

January 16—19, 2025

Director Mary Birnbaum and music director Andrew Cyr present Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann’s haunting new opera at Prototype Festival.

DRIFT / LOOP

November 1–2, 2024

Paula Matthusen’s expansive, twenty-four hour, multi-tiered space for sonic engagement and reflection presented at Wesleyan University.

Liquidverse Meet the Creator Special Panel

September 27, 2024

Join Ricardo Romaneiro, Andrew Cyr, and Neil Carty to discover how Liquidverse came to life in Shared Reality.

Timo Andres: Fiddlehead

September 21, 2024

An intimate evening of solo piano works from composer/pianist Timo Andres and works by Duke Ellington, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, and Gabriella Smith.

Biophony Pop-Up NYC 2024

August 31—September 29, 2024

Discover an immersive soundtrack across New York City’s neighborhoods.

Biophony: Solstice

June 20, 2024

Experience the summer solstice in a kaleidoscope of sound and ecstatic music. Featuring Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, and Erik Hall.

Liquidverse

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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.

Caroline Rose

April 2–5, 2024

A genre-bending orchestral collab with singer-songwriter Caroline Rose at Brooklyn Steel in Williamsburg and BOMBYX in Northampton.

Infinite Staircase

September 24, 2023

18 newly commissioned works celebrating the etudes of György Ligeti.

Biophony Pop-Up NYC 2023

June 10—24, 2023

New music in new places that celebrate our city’s diverse neighborhoods.