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Jonathan Cole (born 21 December 1970 in
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and Head of Composition at the
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Biography

Jonathan Cole attended Christ's Hospital school before studying composition at
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, the
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and
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where he graduated with a PhD in 2001. His teachers included
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and
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. His work first achieved public notice with Ouroboros I (1999). He has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with the
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who have premiered three pieces and has received commissions from the
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, RAI Orchestra, Turin and the
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amongst others. His music has been widely performed in festivals across the world and has been supported by such figures as
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, George Benjamin and
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. Influenced as much by the sounds of London and free-improvisation as by such figures as
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, his music explores perception and memory in rich and imaginative ways. From 2009–2013 he was composer-in-association with the London Contemporary Orchestra and in 2012 he was instrumental in setting up the re:sound collective. Jonathan Cole is well known as a teacher of composition having taught at the Royal College of Music since 2005 where he was appointed Head of Composition in 2022. Prior to this, he taught at King's College, London and the Purcell School.


Key Dates

*1999 – awarded the Royal Philharmonic Composition Prize *2001 – signed exclusive publishing contract with G.Ricordi & co., London *2006 – appointed professor of composition at the Royal College of Music *2008 – appointed composer-in-association with the
London Contemporary Orchestra The London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO), founded in 2008 by Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames, is an ensemble of young musicians whose stated aim is "to explore and promote new music to an increasingly wide audience". LCO staged its inaugural season at ...
*2018 – awarded fellowship of the Royal College of Music (FRCM) *2022 - appointed Head of Composition at the Royal College of Music


Selected works

* Caught (1998) * Ouroboros II (2000) * Assassin Hair (2002) * Penumbra (2004) * Testament (2005) * Scrawling Out (2006) * Simulacrum (2008) * Tss-K-Haa (2008) * Burburbabbar Za (2009) * Ash Relics (2010) * Nadanu (2012) * Menhir (2013) * Anuras (2014) * 50 Florentine Breaths (2017) * 13 Verses (2017) * A Passing Moment (2019) * Templum (2019) * Hidden Corners (2020) * Lucier Clocks (2022)


Selected Recordings

* Caught – NMC D076 * Testament – SINF CD1 2007 * tss-k-haa – NMC D150 * 50 Florentine Breaths – EMA Vinci contemporanea 700121 1CD


References

Young Noises at the concert hall (Independent on Sunday – 9 April 2000)
Jonathan Cole's personal website

Jonathan Cole’s soundcloud page

Jonathan Cole page at Ricordi


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