Nico Muhly: Composing from the A.D.D. Camp

Hometown: New York Album: Mothertongue For Fans Of: Björk, Steve Reich, Bang on a Can Don’t get Nico Muhly started on categories. Don’t even waste time bringing them up because the composer will ignore any suggestion that boundaries mean anything nowadays, and he’ll plow forward in his rapid-ricochet speaking style on his loves and, amusingly, his hates: “I love the idea of making an album, working within the confines of that fixed unit, which is still how I experience music,” a...

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