Dylan Mattingly co-artistically directs and plays cello in the New York-based ensemble Contemporaneous, and he has played a considerable number of instruments in countless other groups specializing in everything from folk to funk. Last year I attended the premiere of his “Seasickness and Being (in love)” at the LA Philharmonic, a work that poignantly captures the victories and defeats that occur in life within the course of an hour, then a day, ad infinitum. He utilizes original Ancient Greek meter and tuning systems in his musical interpretation of Euripides’ Bakkhai, which poses the compelling question of how much one can and should give oneself to the creative spirit.
Into The Sky
An introduction to Dylan Mattingly
