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Monty Adkins
Monty Adkins (born 29 March 1972) is a composer, performer and lecturer in electroacoustic music. History Adkins was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Leamington, UK, and is currently living in Huddersfield, UK. He read music at Pembroke College (Cambridge, UK) and then, in 1993, became a member of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre). He studied electronic music with Jonty Harrison and then Simon Waters. It was at the age of 22 that he first came to international attention with the electroacoustic works ''Melt'' and ''Clothed in the Soft Horizon''. Between them these works were awarded the Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden), the Résidence Prize (Bourges, France) and the Grand Prix of Musica Nova (Prague, Czech Republic). He has since won more than twenty international prizes for his work, which has been performed and broadcast throughout Europe, USA, Canada, Australasia, China, and Asia. He has worked in a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monty Adkins
Monty Adkins (born 29 March 1972) is a composer, performer and lecturer in electroacoustic music. History Adkins was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Leamington, UK, and is currently living in Huddersfield, UK. He read music at Pembroke College (Cambridge, UK) and then, in 1993, became a member of the Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre, BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre). He studied electronic music with Jonty Harrison and then Simon Waters. It was at the age of 22 that he first came to international attention with the electroacoustic works ''Melt'' and ''Clothed in the Soft Horizon''. Between them these works were awarded the Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden), the Résidence Prize (Bourges, France) and the Grand Prix of Musica Nova (Prague, Czech Republic). He has since won more than twenty international prizes for his work, which has been performed and broadcast throughout Europe, USA, Canada, Australasia, China, and Asia. He has worked in a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
