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Bedford, Luke (b. 1978, Wokingham). British composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been successfully performed throughout Europe, as well as in Japan and the USA.
Mr. Bedford studied composition with Simon Bainbridge and Edwin Roxburgh at the Royal College of Music in London from 1996–2000 and there earned his BMus, on a scholarship. He then studied with Simon Bainbridge at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 2000–02, where he earned his MMus, on grants from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the RVW Trust, as well as a Mendelssohn Scholarship.
Among his honors are the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize (2000), Second Prize in the Tōru Takemitsu competition in Tokyo (2001, for Five Pieces) and the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the British Composer Awards (2004, for Rode with Darkness). Most recently, he won the selected work in the Under-30 category at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (2005, for Rode with Darkness) and a nomination for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Large-Scale Composition (2007, for Or Voit Tout En Aventure). He has received commissions from BBC, the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, the London Sinfonietta/Fundação Gulbenkian, the London Symphony Orchestra/UBS, NDR, and the Royal Philharmonic Society (for the London Sinfonietta).
Universal Edition publishes his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: lukeybed@yahoo.co.uk
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Five Pieces, large orchestra, 2000; Five Abstracts, small orchestra (14 players), 2001; Catafalque, small orchestra (24 players), 2002 (also version for piano); Noddy Cashes in His Chips, gamelan orchestra, 2003; Rode with Darkness, large orchestra (89 players), 2003; Outblaze the Sky, large orchestra (78 players), 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC: Through Mazes Running, cello, piano, 2000; Chiaroscuro, violin, cello, piano, 2002; Man Shoots Strangers from Skyscraper, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, celesta, 2002; Horn Trio, French horn, violin, piano, 2004; Slow Music, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, celesta, 2005
VOCAL: Four Riddles (texts from anonymous 9th-/10th-century English riddles), mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion, 2001; Or Voit Tout En Aventure (texts from 14th-century French, Italian texts), soprano, small orchestra (16 players), 2005–06
PIANO: Catafalque, 2002 (version of orchestral work)
DISCOGRAPHY
Five Abstracts (excerpts). Pierre-André Valade/London Sinfonietta (NMC Recordings: D078, 2002)
(Last updated on July 17, 2007)
