Mason Bates
Born: 23rd January 1977, Richmond, Virginia
Nationality: American
Mason Wesley Bates is a Grammy award-winning American composer of symphonic music and DJ of electronic dance music. He is the first composer-in-residence of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and he has also been in residence with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the California Symphony. In addition to his notable works Mothership, Anthology of Fantastic Zoology, and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, he composed the score to Gus Van Sant's film The Sea of Trees. In a 2018 survey of American orchestras, he was rated the second-most performed living composer.
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Further Reading: Bates, Mason
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Episode 54: Manfred Honeck on Bruckner
15th Oct 2024
Our guest contributor Rob Cowan speaks to the Austrian conductor about his recent recording of Symphony No. 7 with the Pittsburgh Symphony, his long-standing relationship with Bruckner’s music, and the influence of the countryside & religion on the composer's musical imagination.
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Daniil Trifonov's (North) American Story
11th Oct 2024
The Russian pianist presents a dazzling kaleidoscope of North American music, with a variety of genres and styles covering minimalism, jazz, film music, and concertos by Gershwin and Mason Bates.
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All Works: Bates, Mason
- Alternative Energy (3)
- Anthology of Fantastic Zoology (1)
- Bagatelles for string quartet and electronica (3)
- Blue Berceuse (1)
- Blues 7 (1)
- Children of Adam (1)
- Difficult Bamboo (1)
- Digital Loom (1)
- Elements (1)
- Ford's Farm (2)
- From Amber Frozen (1)
- Interlude: Amber (1)
- Liquid Interface (2)
- Mainframe Tropics (1)
- Mass Transmission (2)
- Mothership (3)
- Observer in the Magellanic Cloud (3)
- Philharmonia Fantastique - The Making of the Orchestra (1)
- Piano Concerto (2)
- Rag of Ragnar (1)
- Rags & Hymns of River City (1)
- Red River (2)
- Rhombus (1)
- Rusty Air in Carolina (2)
- Siren Music (5)
- Sirens: II. Die Lorelei (1)
- Songs from the Plays (1)
- Stereo Is King (1)
- String Band (1)
- Terrycloth Troposphere (1)
- The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (1)
- The B-Sides (2)
- White Lies for Lomax (4)
Recent Best Sellers: Bates, Mason
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Bates: Resurrexit
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Recording of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Winner - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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My American Story – North
Daniil Trifonov (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra
Mason Bates (electronica) San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Special offer. Scrapyard Exotica
Mason Bates (electronics) Del Sol String Quartet
CD + Blu-ray Audio: Original price $23.25 Reduced $21.62Download from $10.00
