Listen on-demand to Metropolis artists on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase hosted by Emi Ferguson, including excerpts from Matthew Evan Taylor's Life Returns.
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Life Returns
“Life Returns is a monumental work that melds free improvisation and through composition to celebrate resilience and triumph in the face of despair."
Resilience has been central to many of the projects supported by Ms. Arsht, including Life Returns , which reflected on the resilience of individuals in the face of unprecedented adversity.
What began as an attempt by Matthew Evan Taylor to collaborate with fellow musicians during the isolation of the pandemic ended up being a yearlong project that culminated in an evening performance at the Met.
Composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor's Life Returns is an evening-length composition that draws on African American, South Indian, and European musical practices.
Witness a yearlong time-lapse musical performance of an original work by composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor.
Metropolis in collaboration with the Met Museum’s MetLiveArts presents an evening of freely-improvised and composed elements.