Mason Bates

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American composer

United States MusiciansBorn 1977 · age 49

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Mason Wesley Bates is a Grammy award-winning American composer of symphonic music and DJ of electronic dance music.

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Awards 5

2019Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

2012Heinz Award

2008Guggenheim Fellowship

2005Berlin Prize

2004Rome Prize

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Gary RydstromAlso in Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra (2022)

Steven PaulAlso won Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording T. J. ClarkAlso won Berlin Prize

Cauleen SmithAlso won Heinz Award Laura OwensAlso won Berlin Prize Ralph E. GomoryAlso won Heinz Award

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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, 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. On September 21, 2025, his opera The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay opened the Metropolitan Opera's 140th season.

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