Composer Portraits: Matana Roberts
Matana Roberts is an American composer, saxophonist, and creative artist. Their work is visceral, brilliant, relevant, engaging, and challenging; it defies categorization and focuses on sonic experimentation through a multi-faceted, often socially and politically conscious lens. Experience the world premiere commission of a new iteration of I call america: Sandy Speaks, a multimedia work for twelve improvising musicians written in reflection of Sandra Bland—her life and death.
Major support for Composer Portraits is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Photo by Evan Hunter McKnight