Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music.
Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, with work in best-of lists for both classical and jazz music. The New Yorker included Sorey in their annual “Notable Performances and Recordings” lists for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; the pandemic-era entry was for premieres “cast in unconventional concerto form”. His prolific output during a time of heavy restrictions on live performance led a New York Times critic to call him 2020’s “composer of the year”
Musician and MacArthur fellow Tyshawn Sorey at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Sorey has long cited composer Morton Feldman's "Rothko Chapel" as the most influential piece of music upon his own. Da Camera is bringing Sorey to Houston for its Spring 2022 concert series.
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