Tom Coult

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Tom Coult (born 1988) is an English composer.

Tom Coult
Born1988 [1]
London, UK
GenresClassical
Website tomcoult.com

Career

From 2021, he has been Composer-in-Association with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. [2] The post has seen premieres of Pleasure Garden, a concerto for violinist Daniel Pioro, [3] several arrangements of baroque and medieval music, [4] After Lassus with soprano Anna Dennis, [5] and Three Pieces that Disappear for orchestra, [6] amongst a number of other repeat performances.

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His opera Violet, with text by playwright Alice Birch, was commissioned by Music Theatre Wales and Britten Pears Arts. At its premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival, The Telegraph described it as ‘the best new British opera in years’, [7] and The Stage said it was ‘the finest joint UK operatic debut since Martin Crimp and George Benjamin collaborated on Into the Little Hill in 2006’. [8] It has been staged in further productions by Theater Ulm [9] and by L'aurore boréale in Paris. [10] It won or was nominated for: an International Opera Award, [11] a South Bank Sky Arts Award, [12] a Critics Circle Award, [13] IVORS Composer Award [14] and a UK Theatre Award. [15]

Other pieces have been performed at the First Night of the BBC Proms (St John’s Dance for the BBC Symphony Orchestra), [16] Aldeburgh Festival (Beautiful Caged Thing for the Mahler Chamber Orchestra), [17] and Amsterdam Concertgebouw (Sonnet Machine with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic). [18]

He has been Composer-in-Residence at Musikdorf Ernen [19] and Oxford International Song Festival, [20] and was Visiting Fellow Commoner in the Creative Arts at Trinity College Cambridge between 2017 and 2019. [21]

Education

He studied at the University of Manchester with Camden Reeves and subsequently with Sir George Benjamin at King’s College London. [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ "BBC - BBC Philharmonic - BBC Philharmonic announce Tom Coult as new Composer in Association". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  3. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Pleasure Garden". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  4. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Violinist Daniel Pioro and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, BBC Philharmonic and Tom Coult live". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  6. ↑ "BBC Philharmonic and Collon premiere Coult's Three Pieces that Disappear | Faber Music". www.fabermusic.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  7. ↑ Coghlan, Alexandra (2022-06-04). "Violet is the best new British opera in years". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  8. ↑ "Violet review at Britten Pears Arts, Snape Maltings by Tom Coult and Alice Birch". The Stage. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  9. ↑ "Violet". www.theater-ulm.de. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  10. ↑ "Violet | L'Aurore Boréale" (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  11. ↑ "Music Theatre Wales production VIOLET nominated for International Opera Awards | Music Theatre Wales". musictheatre.wales. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  12. ↑ "South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2023 – Full List of Winners | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com. 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  13. ↑ "Tom Coult receives Young Talent Award from Critics' Circle | Faber Music". www.fabermusic.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  14. ↑ "Nominees announced for the Ivors Classical Awards 2023". Gramophone. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  15. ↑ "UK Theatre Awards 2022". UK Theatre. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  16. ↑ "BBC Proms 2017 season announced | Askonas Holt". askonasholt.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  17. ↑ Allen, David (2015-06-17). "Review: Mahler Chamber Orchestra Careens Across the Centuries at Aldeburgh". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  18. ↑ "Tom Coult at the Holland Festival | Faber Music". www.fabermusic.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  19. ↑ Ernen, Musikdorf. "Ein britischer Komponistenstar im Musikdorf". www.musikdorf.ch (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  20. ↑ "Tom Coult | Composers". Oxford Song. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  21. ↑ fionaholland (2017-10-06). "New Creative Arts Fellow: Tom Coult". Trinity College Cambridge. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  22. ↑ Beale, Robert (2014-03-05). "Finale of Strauss's Voice at Bridgewater Hall". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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