#  Sebastian Currier 

 

 



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 Title: *Frames*  
Commission: 1996  
Completed: 1998  
Instrumentation: cello, piano  
Premiere Location: Merkin Hall, NYC  
Premiere Ensemble: Cygnus Ensemble  
Notes:

   
Sebastian Currier is the recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award. Heralded as “music with a distinctive voice” by the *New York Times* and as “lyrical, colorful, firmly rooted in tradition, but absolutely new” by the *Washington Post*, his music has been performed at major venues worldwide by acclaimed artists and orchestras, including Anne-Sophie Mutter, the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, and the Kronos Quartet.

 His music has been enthusiastically embraced by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, for whom he wrote *Time Machines*, which she premiered with the New York Philharmonic in June 2011 and subsequently performed with various orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He also wrote *Aftersong* for her, which she performed extensively in the US and Europe, including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Barbican in London, and the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg. A critic from the *London Times* said, “if all his pieces are as emotionally charged and ingenious in their use of rethought tonality as this, give me more.”



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [1996](/commissiondate/1996)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [1998](/completiondate/1998)
- ## Composer
    
     [Currier, Sebastian](/composer/currier-sebastian)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)