Simon Bainbridge
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Simon Bainbridge (born 30 August 1952 in London) is a British composer and professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and the University of Louisville, Kentucky in the United States.
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[edit] Biography
Simon Bainbridge had his first major break with Spirogyra, written in 1970 while he was still a student. This work displays a passion for intricate and sensuous textures that remain the hallmark of Bainbridge’s style today. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, he studied with Schuller at Tanglewood; his fondness for American culture is occasionally betrayed in works such as Concerto in Moto Perpetuo (1983), which contains echoes of American minimalism, and the be-bop inspired For Miles (1994). In the 1990s his work took on a new expressive dimension such as in Ad Ora Incerta (1994) which earned him the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in 1997.
[edit] Career highlights
1969-74 - Studied at Royal College of Music, London then at Tanglewood with Gunther Schuller.
1976-8 - Forman Fellow in Composition at the University of Edinburgh.
1983-5 - Composer-in-Residence at Southern Arts.
1997 - Grawemeyer Award for Ad Ora Incerta.
2001 - Appointed Head of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.
2002 - Fiftieth birthday events in Cheltenham, Huddersfield and London.
[edit] Key works
- Clarinet Quintet(1993)
- For Miles (1994; trumpet, ensemble)
- Ad Ora Incerta( 1994; mezzo-soprano, bassoon,orchestra)
- Four Primo Levi Settings (1996; mezzo-soprano,ensemble)
- Guitar Concerto (1998; guitar, ensemble)
- Chant (1999; amplified chorus, large ensemble)
[edit] Selected recordings
- Ad Ora Incerta; Four Primo Levi Settings - NMC D059
- Herbsttag - USK 1224CD
[edit] External links
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