Nico Muhly writes music that combines the warm emotional highs and lows of gorgeous strings and flutes with electronic sounds inspired by video games. His music ranges from deep feeling and dramaticism to the humorous and whimsical. He’s worked with Philip Glass and Bjork amongst others. My friend Kilsy and I went to see him play live with his violinists and flutists at the Whitney the other night. We were really struck by how creative the guy is and how much fun he has with writing music. Outside we could see the snow falling down from the really large window of the Whitney as we munched on some great snacks from the cafe. You can check out Nico here on myspace and his music is now on itunes.