“Classical music is dead” might seem like an odd slogan for a classical music ensemble, but The Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) has never been much for coloring inside the lines. Throwing away convention and enthusiastically embracing new kinds of audiences, NCP collaborates with designers and thrives at the intersection of fashion and art. Sacred-Profane explores a range of human polarity, pulling at loose strings until it unravels in a fitful explosion of profanity.

“Bringing a refreshing edge to the widely conservative genre ... NCP's work makes a stage for finding nuance in rigid categories.” – Vice