ANDREW CYR

Conductor Andrew Cyr is a leader in the rapidly growing contemporary classical music scene. His enthusiasm for connecting musicians and composers of the next generation to today’s audiences led him to create Metropolis Ensemble in 2006. His work as conductor has been described by Esa-Pekka Salonen as “…precise, rhythmically incisive and fluid. He made complex new pieces sound natural and organic. What a pleasure it is to hear new music played with the same kind of panache and bravura we usually experience only in performances of standard repertoire.”

Cyr is a native of Fort Kent, Maine, and holds degrees from Bates College, the French National Conservatory (Études supérieures), and Westminster Choir College. His primary musical mentors include Dr Joseph Flummerfelt, Kenneth Kiesler, Pierre Grandmaison, and Kynan Johns. Cyr has performed at such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and, in 2008, conducted The Rite of Spring: Remixed for an audience of 10,000 as part of Wordless Music at Celebrate Brooklyn!