Ian Cresswell is an Australian composer born in 1968. He obtained Bachelor of Music at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies an ...

in 1996 and Master of Music at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

in 2002. Cresswell is currently doing postgraduate studies at the Conservatorium of Music at the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first prop ...

. Cresswell has won a number of prizes for composition including the Harrold Allen Memorial Prize for Composition and the Australian-Franco composition competition for young composers. In 2003, Cresswell was one of the composers featured in an exhibition called ''The Thrill of the New''. In 2004, his short piece ''Blood Lights'' (directed by Robert Jarman) made its debut at the University of Tasmania produced by the IHOS Music Theatre Laboratory. It featured projection and complex harmonies to portray the disintegration of a mind.

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Ian Cresswell page at the Tasmanian Composers CollectiveIHOS Music Theatre and OperaAustralasian Performing Right Association
1968 births Australian male classical composers Australian National University alumni Living people Australian opera composers Musicians from Hobart University of Queensland alumni University of Tasmania alumni {{composer-stub