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Biography
Patrick Nunn (born 1969) studied with Frank Denyer at Dartington College of Arts, Gary
Carpenter at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Simon Bainbridge and
Jonathan Harvey during his PhD in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music (funded
partly by a PRSF Scholarship). He has been the recipient of many awards, including the
BBC Radio 3 Composing for Children prize for Songs of our Generation (1995), a British
Composer Award for Mercurial Sparks, Volatile Shadows (2006), the Alan Bush prize for
Transilient Fragments (2008), and the Birmingham New Millennium Composition award for
Sentiment of an Invisible Omniscience (2010). His music, encompassing a wide range of
mainly instrumental and electro-acoustic works, has been performed throughout the UK and
on the continent and has featured at more than fifty festivals worldwide and most recently at
IRCAM in Paris. He has written for a diverse range of collaborators, including the BBC
Concert Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Kreutzer Quartet, Mark
Simpson, Thalia Myers, Zubin Kanga, Piano Circus, Icebreaker, Ballet Rambert,
Gogmagogs, and New London Children’s Choir. He currently holds the position of Lecturer
in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. His music is published by Cadenza Music
and the ABRSM, and also features on Red Sock Records, NMC and sfz music. His latest
CD Morphosis showcases small-scale and electronic works.
P. Nunn Dec 2015
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