"Forgiveness Machine" was composed by Missy Mazzoli for pianist Adam Tendler’s 2026 Grammy-nominated album "Inheritances", released on New Amsterdam Records
- Feb 6
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MISSY MAZZOLI was recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Her music has been performed all over the world.
Forgiveness Machine, composed by Mazzoli, is included in Inheritances, the Grammy nominated album of acclaimed pianist Adam Tendler, that addresses the death of his father who had left him a large sum of money with which he produced the album.
Tendler commissioned a broad spectrum of today’s most sought after composers—also his friends—to compose piano works exploring the theme of ‘inheritance’ itself. He told The New York Times, “The goal for Inheritances, from the start, had been to provide a vessel through which I could connect to my elusive father, process my grief and reconcile with my past. But I also hoped that writing these pieces would provide a similar vessel for the composers, and ultimately that this shared experience would extend to our listeners.”
Inheritances was produced by Grammy-winning engineer Judith Sherman, this much-anticipated album features new works by an all-star lineup including Laurie Anderson, Devonté Hynes, Nico Muhly, inti figgis-vizueta, Pamela Z, Ted Hearne, Angélica Negrón, Christopher Cerrone, Marcos Balter, Missy Mazzoli, Darian Donovan Thomas, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Scott Wollschleger, Mary Prescott, Timo Andres, and John Glover.
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