Nico Muhly is an American composer who writes orchestral music; works for the stage; choral, chamber, and sacred music. He’s received commissions from the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, and Wigmore Hall; his choral music, both sacred and secular, has been performed by The Tallis Scholars and choirs across the United Kingdom. He has been featured at the Barbican, King’s Place, and the Philharmonie de Paris as composer, conductor, pianist, and curator. An avid collaborator, he has worked with choreographers Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck, Kyle Abraham, and Mark Morris; vocal collaborators include Iestyn Davies, Renée Fleming, and Nicholas Phan; artists Sufjan Stevens, The National, Teitur, Anohni, James Blake, and Paul Simon. His work for screen includes scores for The Reader, Kill Your Darlings, the BBC’s adaptation of Howards End, and Pachinko for Apple TV+.

He has worked with visual artists Maira Kalman, Yu Hong, and Oliver Beer, and has created site-reactive works for the National Gallery, London and the Guggenheim Museum’s Asian Art Initiative at the Venice Biennale and written articles for The Guardian, The New York Times, and the London Review of Books.

Recordings of his works have been released by Decca and Nonesuch, and he is part of the artist-run record label Bedroom Community, which released his first two albums, Speaks Volumes (2006) and Mothertongue (2008).