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The International Composers Festival is a regular event comprising a series of concerts, lectures and networking opportunities created with the purpose to promote and showcase classical music that is tuneful, universally appealing and created solely by living composers attending the concerts. The festival was founded in 2012 by composer, concert pianist and artistic director
Polo Piatti Polo Osvaldo Ernesto Piatti is a British-Argentine composer, concert pianist and conductor. He has performed his own music in three continents. Early life and education Piatti started piano lessons at the age of 3 in Buenos Aires, becoming a co ...
and the festival patrons are composers
Nigel Hess Nigel John Hess (born 22 July 1953) is a British composer, best known for his television, theatre and film soundtracks, including the theme tunes to ''Campion (1989 TV series), Campion'', ''Maigret (1992 TV series), Maigret'', ''Wycliffe (TV se ...
and
Debbie Wiseman Debbie Wiseman, OBE (born 10 May 1963) is a British composer for film and television, known also as a conductor and a radio and television presenter. Biography Wiseman was born in London. She studied at Trinity College of Music Junior Depar ...
OBE. The first festival took place on 24th-25th August 2012 and subsequent festivals took place in 2013, 2015 and 2018 always in Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK. The repertoire encompasses works especially selected from submissions from all over the world and includes big orchestral compositions, film scores, computer gaming music, televisions themes, chamber and dance music usually performed in six concerts over a long weekend. A strong element in the festival is the opportunity for composers from different parts of the world to come together and network with colleagues and organisations in the United Kingdom. Principal festival conductors include Stephen Ellery (Wales), Derek Carden (UK), Irish Endo (Japan) and John Andrews (UK)Diary , John Andrews
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and composers in residence include
Simon Proctor Simon Proctor (born 1959) is a British composer and pianist, known for his works for unusual instruments.About Ash Madni – Ash Madni
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The current composer in residence is Paul Lewis
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and youth ambassador is Oliver Poole.


2018 Festival

In addition to the Composers in residence, the 2018 festival included; * Antonio D'AntòRoma, riaperta la mostra "Raffaello 1520-1483" alle Scuderie del Quirinale
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- Italy * Matthew Curtis - United Kingdom * Sergio Puccini * Carlos SalomonNews
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*
Dominik Scherrer Dominik Scherrer is a Swiss-British composer born in 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland, who has written prolifically for film, theatre and television. Career Scherrer has composed the music score for both seasons of the British television series ''R ...
Composers / Performers , Composers Festival
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External links


International Composers Festival website
Classical music festivals in the United Kingdom