Nico Muhly: Strings and stabbings

From scoring Oscar-winning films to helping out Björk, Nico Muhly is in demand all over the globe – and he's still only 29. The US composer tells Tom Service why his first opera is based on a Manchester knife attackTo go for a walk with Nico Muhly is to experience another way of seeing the world. Five minutes into our stroll through central London, the 29-year-old US composer is telling me how some priest friends of his are planning to reintroduce an ancient Anglican rite to church services. ...

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