Born in London in 1984, Christian Mason was already attracting attention with first orchestral works in his early 20s, and when he won the Composers’ prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation in 2015, the press described his music as “delicate, initially nearly tender, self-aware, shimmering, yet never boastful. (…) Rarely has the music of a young composer managed to radiate such magic” (Fono Forum). Since then, he has been developing his musical universe with great productivity and focus.
An orchestral work already recorded in 2015 by the Orchestre National de France under the direction of Maxime Tortelier will be premiered in February 2025: Sympathetic Resonance will be performed by the hr-Sinfonieorchester first in Frankfurt and then at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. In March, cellist Elinor Frey will perform Tristesse pour les temps perdus, composed in concerto grosso form, with ensemble Il Gardellino in Brussels, before another major world premiere with the Ensemble Modern and the SWR Vokalensemble follows in May: The Oddity Effect, based on a text by Paul Griffiths inspired by the shoaling behaviour of fish, will be performed at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Theaterhaus Stuttgart and the ACHT BRÜCKEN festival in Cologne.
We are looking forward to these upcoming world premieres and to working for Christian Mason!
