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Gwyn
Pritchard: a shorter biographical
note Gwyn
Pritchard studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, and much of his
compositional activity has been based outside the UK. His many compositions
include works for orchestra, ensembles, solo instruments, vocal works and pieces
employing electronics. Works
have been commissioned for, and/or programmed by many leading performers across
Europe and as far afield as S Korea, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Janaer
Philharmonie, London Sinfonietta,
musikFabrik, Exaudi, soloists Roberto Fabbriciani, Nicolas Hodges, Sarah
Leonard, Carin Levine, Ernesto Molinari, Ian Pace, Peter Veale, to name but a
few. Recent works
include an orchestral piece for the Jaenar Philharmonie in Germany, a solo piano
piece for Susanne Kessel - a contribution to the Beethoven 250th
anniversary celebrations in Bonn, in 2020, two quintets for Ensemble Crush and
LUX:NM of Berlin, and a second String Quartet for a portrait concert devoted
entirely to his work, in Gdansk, Poland. Previous portrait concerts have
been given in Salzburg, Chur and London. Pritchard's music has
been performed around the world, including most European countries,
in America, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand and S Korea.
Festival performances have included Wien Modern, Huddersfield (HCMF), Warsaw
Autumn, ISCM World Music Days,
Tanglewood (USA), Mexico,
International New Music Week, Daegu (S Korea), Weimar and many others worldwide.
Several pieces have been broadcast by BBC, RAI, SWR
and several other network. Gwyn Pritchard founded Uroboros Ensemble in 1982, the Reggello International Festival in 2003, and London Ear Festival in 2013, of which he is still Artistic Director. He is a Professor of Composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London, and has given lectures and masterclasses at many academic institutions in Europe, America and Asia. He has written, introduced and participated in programmes for the BBC, and has contributed articles and reviews to a variety of international musical publications. www.gwynpritchard.com Very short biography Gwyn
Pritchard (b.1948) studied cello and composition at the Royal Scottish Academy
of Music. His
compositions include works for orchestra, ensembles, solo instruments, vocal
works and pieces employing electronics. Much
of his compositional activity has been based outside the UK, in particular in
Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Other
performances have
been given in America,
Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, S Korea and New Zealand. They have
been performed and broadcast on many radio and television networks, often by
major orchestras, ensemble and soloists, at international festivals. In
1982 Pritchard founded Uroboros Ensemble which includes some of Britain‘s
leading instrumentalists. He is Professor of composition at Trinity Laban
Conservatoire, London, and has given lectures and masterclasses in Europe,
America and Asia. |