- Tansy Davies
In recent years Tansy Davies (b. Bristol, 1973) has established herself at the vanguard of the new wave of young British composersFact|date=May 2008. Her music is informed by the worlds of both the classical avant-garde and experimental rock (as one criticWho|date=May 2008 wrote “between Prince and
Xenakis ”), and her scores are littered with unusual directions, such as “urban, muscular”, “seedy, low slung”, “stealthy” and “solid, grinding”. She is also greatly influenced by both the natural world and, recently, by the controversial architecture of the Iraqi-bornZaha Hadid .Following initial studies at
Colchester Institute (French horn and composition), she later freelanced professionally in orchestras and rock bands whilst studying composition withSimon Bainbridge at theGuildhall School of Music and Drama , and then, later, for her PhD withSimon Holt atRoyal Holloway College , London (where she is now Composer in Residence).Fact|date=May 2008Davies has already enjoyed a number of commissions from such organisations as the
London Symphony Orchestra , theAldeburgh Festival , theLondon Sinfonietta , theBBC (for theBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ), the Composers Ensemble, the Brunel Ensemble and from oboistNicholas Daniel . Fact|date=May 2008 In June 2006, the BBC SO and Zsolt Nagy performed (and recorded for broadcast) the orchestral work "Tilting", and in February 2007 theBirmingham Contemporary Music Group andThomas Adès gave the premiere of, "Falling Angel", a 20-minute commission for large ensemble in Birmingham and at the Présences festival in Paris.Other recent works include "Streamlines" (
CBSO Youth Orchestra /Paul Daniel ); "Contraband" (Britten Sinfonia); "kingpin" (City of London Sinfonia) and "Elephant and Castle" (a large-scale multi-media work for the 2007Aldeburgh Festival , co-written withWarp Records DJMira Calix , and directed by Tim Hopkins).
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