Background
Cerrone was born in Huntington, New York, United States.
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Christopher Cerrone
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He studied music composition at the Manhattan School of Music with Nils Vigeland and Reiko Fueting, and then earned his Masters and Doctoral degrees at Yale studying with Martin Bresnick, David Language, Christopher Theofanidis, Ingram Marshall, and Ezra Laderman.
Career
In 2014 Cerrone"s opera Invisible Cities based on Italo Calvino"s novel Invisible Cities was produced by the Los Angeles-based opera company The Industry, the Los Angeles Dance Project, and Sennheiser. The production received glowing reviews and had a sold-out run of performances. Cerrone has received commissions from ensembles including eighth blackbird, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Present Music, and he has been the Composer-in-Residence with the Albany Symphony, and with Exploring the Metropolis/ConEdison.
Achievements
Membership
Cerrone was a founding member and co-Artistic Director of Red Light New Music and currently a member of the composers" collective Sleeping Giant.
