Jonathan Cole

Jonathan Cole

Jonathan Cole (born 21st December 1970 in Welwyn Garden City) is a British composer and professor of composition at the Royal College of Music.

Biography

Jonathan Cole studied composition at King’s College, London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Royal Holloway, University of London. His teachers included Simon Bainbridge, Simon Holt and Malcolm Williamson. His work first achieved public notice with Ouroboros I (1999). He has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with the London Sinfonietta who have premiered three pieces and has received commissions from the BBC, Nash Ensemble, RAI Orchestra, Turin and the London Symphony Orchestra amongst others. His music is widely performed in festivals across the world and has been supported by such figures as Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin and Mark Anthony Turnage. Influenced by Stockhausen and Nono as well as David Lynch and Georges Bataille, his music explores perception and memory in rich and imaginative ways.

Career highlights

*1999 - Awarded the Royal Philharmonic Composition Prize
*2001 - signed exclusive publishing contract with G.Ricordi & co., London
*2006 - appointed professor of composition at the Royal College of Music
*2008 - appointed composer-in-association with the London Contemporary Orchestra

Key works

* Caught (1998)
* Ouroboros II (2000)
* Assassin Hair (2002)
* Penumbra (2004)
* Testament (2005)
* Scrawling Out (2006)
* Simulacrum (2008)

Selected Recordings

* Caught - NMC D076
* Testament - SINF CD1 2007

References

Young Noises at the concert hall (Independent on Sunday - 9th April 2000)

External links

* [http://www.jonathan-cole.co.uk Jonathan Cole’s personal webpage]
* [http://www.ricordi.co.uk Jonathan Cole page at Ricordi]
* [http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/colej.htm Jonathan Cole page at the Living Composer’s project ]


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