Mason Bates

[[File:Mason Bates.jpg|thumb|Mason Bates]]

[[File:Mason Bates.jpg|thumb|Mason Bates]]

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'''Mason Wesley Bates'''{{Cite web|title=Bates, Mason|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/122298033/|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=[[VIAF]]|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519190213/https://viaf.org/viaf/122298033/|url-status=live}} (born January 23, 1977)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.{{Cite web|title=Bates, Mason|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002071162.html|access-date=2020-08-25|website=[[Library of Congress]]|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606023530/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002071162.html|url-status=live}} is a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] award-winning{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-grammys-classical-winners-20190210-story.html|title=Grammys classical winners: 'Steve Jobs,' Boston Symphony, Laurie Anderson with Kronos Quartet|date=February 11, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-02|archive-date=June 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618103525/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-grammys-classical-winners-20190210-story.html|url-status=live}} [[United States|American]] composer of [[Orchestra|symphonic music]] and [[Disc jockey|DJ]] of [[electronic dance music]]. He is the first composer-in-residence of the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], and he has also been in residence with [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]], the [[San Francisco Symphony]], the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra|Pittsburgh Symphony]], and the [[California Symphony]]. In addition to his notable works ''[[Mothership (composition)|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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bsomusic.org/stories/by-the-numbers-living-composers/ |title=By the Numbers: Living Composers |access-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164428/https://www.bsomusic.org/stories/by-the-numbers-living-composers |url-status=live }}

'''Mason Wesley Bates'''{{Cite web|title=Bates, Mason|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/122298033/|access-date=August 25, 2020|website=[[VIAF]]|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519190213/https://viaf.org/viaf/122298033/|url-status=live}} (born January 23, 1977)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.{{Cite web|title=Bates, Mason|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002071162.html|access-date=2020-08-25|website=[[Library of Congress]]|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606023530/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002071162.html|url-status=live}} is a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] award-winning{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-grammys-classical-winners-20190210-story.html|title=Grammys classical winners: 'Steve Jobs,' Boston Symphony, Laurie Anderson with Kronos Quartet|date=February 11, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-02|archive-date=June 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618103525/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-grammys-classical-winners-20190210-story.html|url-status=live}} [[United States|American]] composer of [[Orchestra|symphonic music]] and [[Disc jockey|DJ]] of [[electronic dance music]]. He is the first composer-in-residence of the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], and he has also been in residence with [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]], the [[San Francisco Symphony]], the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra|Pittsburgh Symphony]], and the [[California Symphony]]. In addition to his notable works ''[[Mothership (composition)|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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bsomusic.org/stories/by-the-numbers-living-composers/ |title=By the Numbers: Living Composers |access-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111164428/https://www.bsomusic.org/stories/by-the-numbers-living-composers |url-status=live }} On September 21, 2025 his opera ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'' opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2025/26 season.{{Cite web |title=The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay |url=https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier--clay/ |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=www.metopera.org |language=en}}

==Life==

==Life==