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Composer of the Grammy-winning opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Mason Bates is imaginatively transforming the way classical music is created and experienced as a composer, DJ, and curator. With electro-acoustic works such as Mothership and multimedia projects such as the animated film Philharmonia Fantastique, Bates has become a visible ...
Highly informed by his work as a DJ, his curatorial approach integrates adventurous music, ambient information and social platforms in a fluid and immersive way. Working in clubs under the name DJ Masonic, Bates has developed Mercury Soul, a show combining DJing and classical music, to packed crowds with clubs and orchestras around the country ...
In fact, the subject of the opera couldn’t be more aligned with the interests of the composer, who, as DJ Masonic, has for years worked clubs, doing all kinds of electronica. For one of his high-profile residencies, in 2015 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., he created the KC Jukebox series, which mixed ...
Mason Bates. Recently named the most-performed composer of his generation and the 2018 Composer of the year by Musical America, Mason Bates serves as the first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Championed by legendary conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, and Yannick Nezet ...
MASON BATES, who appears as DJ Masonic in San Francisco’s clubs and artspaces, curates large, hybrid musical events in extraordinary spaces around the country. A ...
Jan 28, 2023 · "Mason Bates is a fantastic composer, and I love his work," said Romanowski. "It was really great!" Bates continues to innovate. He's DJ Masonic in the world of electronic music, recently ...
Mar 1, 2011 · Mason Bates as DJ Masonic “I always try to encourage a balance in the way people look at what I’m doing,” says Mason Bates. That’s not as easy as it sounds, when you take a closer look at what this 34-year-old Guggenheim Fellow and recent UC Berkeley Ph.D. recipient has been up to.
