Geoff Hannan

Geoff Hannan is a British composer and musician born in London on 25 April 1972 to Irish parents. A music scholarship to Winchester College enabled him to study privately with Michael Finnissy from 1987 to 1990 before reading Music at the University of Manchester. He was recently awarded a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London, where he studied composition with film composer Brian Lock.

He has attended a number of composition classes with composers such as Harrison Birtwistle and Helmut Lachenmann and participated in Brian Ferneyhough's composition course at Royaument Abbey in 1994 and 1995. In 1998 he was joint winner of the Gaudeamus International Composers Award.

His music has been played by, among others, Ensemble Contrechamps, Ensemble Accroche Note, Tegenwind, Isabel Ettenauer, the Nieuw Ensemble, Ixion, Noszferatu, the Ives Ensemble and the London Sinfonietta. His work has been played at State of the Nation, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the British Music Information Centre's 'Cutting Edge' series, and most recently at SOUNDINGS, a platform event organised by the Austrian Cultural Forum. The Ives Ensemble toured "Bubblegum" in 2003 and will be touring "Work / Bonk" in late 2007.

Forthcoming projects include "Concept Album", a commission from the orchestra of the UCE Birmingham Conservatoire.

Selected Works

* "Psalm 23" (2007)
* "The beach of Iwashiro" (2007)
* "Meandering... / ...to where?" (2006-7)
* "Work / Bonk" (2006)
* "Galapagos" (2006)
* "Diamond" (2006)
* "Why do you think people believe in God? / Go to Hell, World!" (2004)
* "Where I Live is Shite / Where I Live is Posh" (2002)
* "Cover Versions" (2002)
* "Bubblegum" (2001)
* "Zombie" (2001)
* "Joyrider" (2000)
* "Creeping Science" (1999)
* "Centrifugal Bumblepuppy" (1999)
* "Rigmarole" (1997)
* "Two Pieces for Piano" (1995)
* "Stela" (1995)

External links

* [http://www.spnm.org.uk/?page=members/newNotes/access/reviews/bmicthecuttingedge.html SPNM new notes review]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,849573,00.html "Tinkle, tinkle little star", Guardian, November 2002, Steven Poole]