Alwynne Pritchard

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Alwynne Pritchard (born 1968) is a British composer, performer, artist, and curator based in Bergen, Norway. Known for her interdisciplinary approach, Pritchard works with sound, voice, and body, blending music, theatre, and visual elements. She is the co-founder of the music-theatre company Neither Nor and served as Artistic Director of the BIT20 Ensemble in Bergen from 2016 to 2018.

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Alwynne Pritchard performing 'DOG/GOD' at the 2015 Festspillene i Bergen (Bergen International Festival). Photograph by Thor Brodreskift. Alwynne Pritchard photo, Thor Brodreskift 3.jpg
Alwynne Pritchard performing 'DOG/GOD' at the 2015 Festspillene i Bergen (Bergen International Festival). Photograph by Thor Brødreskift.

Pritchard was born in Glasgow and is the daughter of composer Gwyn Pritchard. She earned a Master’s degree in Musicology in 1998 and a Doctorate in Composition in 2003, both from the University of Bristol. From 2001 to 2008, she was a professor of composition at Trinity College of Music in London.

Pritchard also worked for many years as a freelance writer and presenter for BBC Radio 3 including Music in Our Time, Midnight Oil, Music Matters, Hear and Now, and Discovering Music.

In 2008, Pritchard became the artistic director of the Borealis Festival in Bergen, a position she held until March 2014.

Her work often involves experimental and cross-disciplinary projects, combining her skills as a composer, singer, actor, and violinist with elements of text, color, and imagery.

Concert composition premieres

Chamber music

Solos and duos

Piano

Vocal

Music theatre

Theatre

Hamlet Machine (with Thorolf Thuestad) (2016); music and sound design for the Scènes Théâtre Cinéma/Neither Nor production of Heiner Müller's Hamlet Machine [1]

Installations

Educational and amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Home". neithernor.no.
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