Press & Acclaim
Feature
NPR
Carlos Simon is a young composer on the rise, with an ear for social justice. Simon's new album, Requiem for the Enslaved confronts Georgetown University's troubled past and its ownership of enslaved individuals.
Carlos Simon is a young composer on the rise, with an ear for social justice. Simon's new album, Requiem for the Enslaved confronts Georgetown University's troubled past and its ownership of enslaved individuals.
Tom Huizenga
Acclaim
Financial Times
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he is the Kennedy Center’s composer-in-residence and has some cinematically vivid and energizing music to his name.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he is the Kennedy Center’s composer-in-residence and has some cinematically vivid and energizing music to his name.
Richard Fairman
Acclaim
The Washington Post
If Simon has inherited any mission from his lineage, it appears to be a desire to build bridges between worlds, and use music to illuminate them.
If Simon has inherited any mission from his lineage, it appears to be a desire to build bridges between worlds, and use music to illuminate them.
Michael Andor Brodeur
Acclaim
OperaWire
“With additional textural influences of dark jazz, back-room blues, and film noir amour, Simon’s score could be described as hypnagogic (infra)vitalism.”
“With additional textural influences of dark jazz, back-room blues, and film noir amour, Simon’s score could be described as hypnagogic (infra)vitalism.”
John Vandevert
Acclaim
The Washington Post
“As the center’s composer-in-residence, Simon has been creating works that have been brightening up programs with their sheen and sensitivity, and “Fate” was no exception.”
“As the center’s composer-in-residence, Simon has been creating works that have been brightening up programs with their sheen and sensitivity, and “Fate” was no exception.”
Michael Andor Brodeur
Acclaim
New York Classical Review
“Simon’s gorgeous writing packs grit and grace together into a melodic line that carries unmistakable determination, a drive to realize itself, no matter what.”
“Simon’s gorgeous writing packs grit and grace together into a melodic line that carries unmistakable determination, a drive to realize itself, no matter what.”
George Grella
Feature
San Diego Union Tribune
“Music is a physical, tactile thing, releasing that energy out. I went to the keyboard and improvised. I didn’t think; I just let my feelings go. It’s therapy for me.”
“Music is a physical, tactile thing, releasing that energy out. I went to the keyboard and improvised. I didn’t think; I just let my feelings go. It’s therapy for me.”
Beth Wood