Deemed “Brooklyn’s post-millenial Mozart” (Time Out New York) and “among the most inventive and surprising composers working today” (The New York Times), GRAMMY®-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli has established herself as “the 21st century’s gatecrasher of new classical music” (NPR). Widely celebrated for expanding the sound and scope of contemporary classical music, she has been commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, LA Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Comique, Scottish Opera, and Opera Philadelphia, among many others, and artists who have championed her work include the Kronos Quartet, Emmanuel Ax, Jennifer Koh, and more. Mazzoli’s work, which spans opera, orchestral and chamber music, ballet, film, and television, establishes her as a defining composer of her generation. Highlights of her 26-27 season include the world premiere of two operas, Lincoln in the Bardo at The Metropolitan Opera and The Galloping Cure at the Edinburgh International Festival. Lincoln in the Bardo makes history as the first opera by a female composer to be commissioned and premiered solely by the Met Opera. It is based on the award-winning novel by George Saunders with a libretto by longtime collaborator Royce Vavrek, and will receive its premiere in October 2026 with a cast that includes Peter Mattei, Christine Goerke, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Stephanie Blythe. In August 2026, the Edinburgh International Festival premieres Mazzoli and Vavrek’s The Galloping Cure with a cast led by Daniela Mack and Justin Austin. The work was commissioned by Opera Ventures Productions, Scottish Opera, NorrlandsOperan AB, Edinburgh International Festival, and San Francisco Opera. In the spring, the New York Philharmonic and Elbphilharmonie Orchester premiere Mazzoli’s new piano concerto for Leif Ove Andsnes.
