- Robert Keeley (composer)
Robert Keeley is a British
composer andpianist . He studied withOliver Knussen at theRoyal College of Music , atMagdalen College, Oxford , under Bernard Rose, and later withRobert Saxton . In 1988 he studied at the Accademia Santa Cecilia inRome withFranco Donatoni , and at theTanglewood Summer Music School, where he was theBenjamin Britten Fellow in Composition, working with Knussen andHans Werner Henze .In 1993, Keeley joined the Department of Music at
King's College London . In his capacity as a performer, Keeley has been afreelance pianist and repetiteur, working for Opera Factory, Almeida Opera andGarsington Opera , and has played with theLondon Sinfonietta and Music Projects/London, and now gives frequent solo recitals covering a wide range of repertoire.Premieres
He has premiered works by, among others,
Harrison Birtwistle ,Michael Finnissy ,Jonathan Cole andRichard Emsley . He has given lecture recitals in 20th-century piano music at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara , and seminars on his own music atUC Berkeley and theUniversity of Oregon , Eugene. His own works, meanwhile, have been performed by, among others:BBC Symphony Orchestra ,BBC National Orchestra of Wales , Lontano, Premiere Ensemble, Ensemble Bash, pianistsMartin Roscoe and Colin Stone, guitarists Jonathan Leathwood and Fabio Zanon, bass player Corrado Canonici, oboist Chris Redgate, the Chinook Clarinet Quartet,Fretwork and Composers' Ensemble.ee also
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King's College London
*Silvina Milstein
*Harrison Birtwistle
*George Benjamin External links
* [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/music/staff/keeley.html King's Department of Music webpage]
* [http://www.nmcrec.co.uk/ Keeley's record label]
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