Cameron Sinclair is a Scottish

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, conductor and

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based in

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Education

He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

, studying composition with Martin Butler and Jonathan Harvey. He works with orchestras including the Philharmonia, Glyndebourne and

Chamber Orchestra of Europe The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE), established in 1981, is an orchestra based in London. The orchestra comprises about 60 members from across Europe. The players pursue parallel careers as international soloists, members of chamber groups and ...

Career

In 2001 he was awarded an International Fellowship from the Arts Council of England to become

Artist in Residence Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...

Cittadellarte Cittadellarte is an art and creativity laboratory founded in 1998 by the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in a disused textile mill by the river Cervo in Biella, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic ...

, an institution in Northern

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dedicated to cross-disciplinary work directed by world-renowned visual artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. He collaborated with other members of Unidee to create new work based on Pistoletto's philosophy of 'art at the centre of a responsible transformation of society', which was exhibited at Mukha in

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, the Shedhalle in Zurich and for Cittadellarte's ''Arte al Centro'' exhibitions in Biella and

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. He was director of the ''Vietato L'Accesso Festival'', which took place in Biella, Italy, in September 2003. The festival was devised in collaboration with visual artists, architects, environmentalists and local food producers. The series of events - including Sinclair's participative concert ''La Memoria dell'Acqua -'' invited local people to become involved in the regeneration of old industrial buildings and change their perceptions of the neglected river area. He continued his association with Michelangelo Pistoletto with an orchestral commission for ''Il Terzo Paradiso'', a large-scale artistic takeover of the island of San Servolo for the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

in 2005. He was commissioned to create the opening event for the Turin Biennale in 2002, bringing together musicians representative of the diverse ethnic groups in Turin with a classical chamber orchestra to play together in Turin's temple of high culture, the Teatro Regio.

Recognition

In 2004 he won a British Composer Award for ''The Secret of the Universe''.

Works

Works include * ''La Città Invisibile'', commissioned by the Turin Biennial 2002 and performed in the Teatro Regio conducted by the composer, which brought together a classical chamber orchestra with groups of

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ian,

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and

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musicians to create the opening event of the festival. * ''Making Waves'', a performance work developed from collaboration with musicians from the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in a ...

and scientists from the Medical Research Council, commissioned for the Creating Sparks Festival, London * ''Losing My Head'', for pianist

Joanna MacGregor Joanna Clare MacGregor (born 16 July 1959) is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer, and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music and a professor of the University of London. She is currently artistic direc ...

* ''We Are Stars'', ''Alleluia'' and ''The End of the Universe'' commissioned by Singscape * ''Time Gentlemen, Please'', commissioned by the Derry Festival fo
Ensemble Bash
and performed on their UK tour *''To Infinity and Beyond'' commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and performed by the Philharmonia and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra * ''The Fly'', integrating live electronics and performance, commissioned b
New Noise
and first performed at the Purcell Room, London at the Rhythm Sticks Festival and recorded for New Noise's CD released in June 2003 *''We are Stars, Alleluia, Story Water'' and ''De Angelis'' for Singscape * ''Striking Distance'', for the Orchestra of St. John's * A sound installation at th
Wapping Project
as part of the SPNM 2003 festival * A PRS award for a new work for the

Britten Sinfonia Britten Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra ensemble based in Cambridge, UK. It was created in 1992, following an initiative from Eastern Arts and a number of key figures including Nicholas Cleobury, who recognised the need for an orchestra in the ...

an
Harlow Chorus
in 2005, He teaches at the

References

External links

Official site
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