After the sudden death of his father, pianist Adam Tendler used his entire inheritance—a wad of cash handed to him in a parking lot—to commission new piano works from a circle of today’s most compelling composers: Devonté Hynes, Nico Muhly, Laurie Anderson, 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. During his appearance this past week on CBS Sunday Morning, Tendler shared how Inheritances transformed private grief into a powerful shared experience.
