Short bio

American composer and violinist Cyrano Jett Rosentrater, a Philadelphia native, creates music described as “energizing, electrifying, magnetic” [NPR]. Hailed as "someone who, in terms of his imagination, is constantly living at the boundaries" [Carnegie Hall], Cyrano's work collides emotional danger, theatrical wit, and cultural memory within intimately dramatic arcs. He is a Kovner Fellow at The Juilliard School; recent mentors include John Corigliano, Ronald Copes, Kimberly Fisher, and Thomas Weaver.

Beyond NPR and Carnegie Hall, Cyrano’s music has been featured by The Juilliard School, National Opera Center, Sphinx, ArtShare LA, Yellow Barn, Tanglewood, and WRTI 90.1 FM. He has received commissions from the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, Philadelphia Ballet, and the Kennedy Center. His honors include the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award ('25,'26), Sphinx MPower Artist Grant ('23,'25), National Young Composers' Challenge, National YoungArts Award, and the Marian Anderson Young Artist Grant. Learn more at Cyrano's website: cyranomancer.com