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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.
Biography
Simon Bainbridge had his first major break with Spirogyra, written in 1970 while he was still astudent. 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.
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.
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)
Selected recordings
- Ad Ora Incerta; Four Primo Levi Settings - NMC D059
- Herbsttag - USK 1224CD
External links