Tarik O'Regan
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Tarik Hamilton O'Regan (born January 1, 1978 in London) is a British composer living in New York City, USA.
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[edit] Life
Born in London in 1978, British Composer Award winner Tarik O'Regan was educated at Oxford University and completed his postgraduate studies at Cambridge, where he was subsequently appointed Composer in Residence at Corpus Christi College. Described as skilful and elegant (Sunday Times, London) and beautifully-imagined (Financial Times, London), his compositions have been performed internationally by, among others, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, BBC Singers and Los Angeles Master Chorale. Living in New York City since 2004, O’Regan has held the Fulbright Chester Schirmer Fellowship in Music Composition at Columbia University and a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship at Harvard.
[edit] Press
His 2006 debut disc, VOICES (Collegium Records COLCD 130), was released to critical acclaim, heralding O’Regan as one of the most original and eloquent of young composers (Observer, London; March 12, 2006), breathing new life into the idiom (Telegraph, London; March 11, 2006). International Record Review (April 2006) declared the recording a committed, persuasive and highly accomplished performance of an exceptional composing voice of our time, while BBC Music Magazine gave the disc a double five-star rating (May 2006).
[edit] Career Highlights
- 1997 - received first commissions from the Choir of New College, Oxford and James Bowman
- 2000 - began supervising undergraduate music at Cambridge University
- 2002 - London premieres of Clichés with the London Sinfonietta and The Pure Good of Theory with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
- 2003 - awarded Chester Schirmer Fulbright Fellowship and a Wingate Scholarship
- 2004 - moved to New York City to take up fellowship at Columbia University and affiliation with Harvard University
- 2005 - commenced association with Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music as a Research Affiliate.
- 2006 - wins British Composer Award (British Academy of Composers and Songwriters)
[edit] Recordings
(Collegium COLCD 130)
[edit] Publications
Tarik O'Regan's earliest works were published by Oxford University Press and Sulasol; from 2004 his music has been exclusively published by Novello & Co.
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[edit] Trivia
- According to his publisher's press brochure, O'Regan once worked for JPMorgan Chase, the investment bank.
- Between 1999 and 2003, O'Regan served as the classical recordings reviewer for The Observer newspaper.
[edit] See also
- Andrew Caldecott (great grandfather)
- William Rowan Hamilton (great, great, great grandfather)
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