Stephen Mark Barchan

Stephen Mark Barchan (born 1 October 1982 in Middlesbrough) is a British composer and conductor.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Selected works 4 References 5 External links

Career

Barchan studied composition with Richard Steinitz (founder of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) and Edwin Roxburgh (supported by the EMI Music Sound Foundation).

Organisations who have presented his music include London Sinfonietta Collective, LSO Discovery^[7], Park Lane Group^[8], Sounds New and Soundwaves Festivals at venues such as Adrian Boult Hall, CBSO Centre, Old Rep, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre), Royal College of Music, The Gate Arts Centre, the Warehouse, and Carnegie Hall by performers such as Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, David Purser (former principal trombone of the London Sinfonietta)^[9], Endymion^[10], Jane Manning, Lior Eitan (principal piccolo of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)^[11][12] and Peter Donohoe.

In 2009 he was commissioned to write the score for the 2009 film A Closed Book (also known as Blind Man's Bluff and based on the short novel A Closed Book by Gilbert Adair) directed by Raoul Ruiz and starring Daryl Hannah, Tom Conti, Miriam Margoyles and Elaine Paige,^{[13][14][15][16][17]} first screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2009.^[18] In 2010 he was commissioned to write the score for the 2010 short film The Gap^[19][20] and in 2011 he was commissioned to write Changing Seasons for the ensemble Musitonik^{[21][22][23][24][25]}.

As a music copyist, he has completed projects for Anthony Payne, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Faber Music, Joe Cutler, Samuel French Ltd., Schott Music and United Music Publishers.

Awards

• 4th Andrzej Panufnik International Young Composers Competition (2002)^[26][27]
• Denis and Maud Wright Composition Award (2003)
• British Scholarship for Ostrava Days (2003)
• J Wood and Sons Prize (2004)
• Philip Bates Prize for Young Composers (2005, joint-second prize)
• SPNM shortlist (2006-2009)
• Royal Academy of Music Open Academy bursary (2008)
• International Composer Pyramid (2010, runner-up prize)^[28][29]

Selected works

• A Broken Spirit (2004) commissioned by Dr. Ken and Morry Smith
• Violent Shallow Eyes (2005) SPNM shortlist 2006
• Dark Times Lie Ahead (2005/2007) first performed by Warehouse Ensemble at the Warehouse, London, UK in 2007^[30]
• Injured Love (2006) first performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK in 2006
• Crying In The Distance (2006/2007) first performed by Lior Eitan at Felicja Blumental Music Center, Tel Aviv, Israel in 2008
• Spit It Out (2007) commissioned by Park Lane Group. First performed in the Park Lane Group Lunchtime Series in 2007 at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, UK
• Beauty That Must Die (2007) commissioned by SPNM. First performed by Aruna Narayan (sarangi), Hanif Khan (tabla) and Endymion at Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, UK in 2007^[31]
• Blasted To Bits (2008) commissioned by David Purser. First performed by David Purser (trombone) and Jonathan Green (live electronics)^[32] at Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK in 2008
• Freedom Within Limits (2008) commissioned by SPNM. First performed by Tetsuumi Nagata (violin) at LSO St Lukes, London, UK in 2008
• Sometimes The Case (2009) First performed by John Savournin (baritone) and The Warehouse Ensemble as part of the Rosemary Branch Festival 2009 at Rosemary Branch Theatre, London, UK in 2009
• Coming Into Focus (2009) First performed by Xenia Pestova (piano) at The Unitarian Church of Montreal, Montreal, Canada in 2009^[33]
• The Gap (2010) commissioned by Thursday Film Ltd. First screened at Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue, London, UK in 2010
• Opened Up (2010) First performed by Gerry Cornelius (conductor) and ICP Ensemble at St. Gregory's Centre for Music, Canterbury, UK in 2010^[34][35]
• Rising Up (2011) First performed by Sarah Watts (clarinet) at St Marylebone Parish Church, London, UK in 2011^[36]
• Two Songs About Spiders (2010/2011) First performed by Jane Manning (soprano) at Function Room, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK in 2011
• Changing Seasons (2011) commissioned by Musitonik. First performed by Musitonik at Red House Theater, Taipei, Taiwan in 2011

References

External links

• Composer's website

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