Featured Composers

• Harrison Birtwistle

  "A great original ... one of the most gifted composers of his generation." The Times

• Elena Kats-Chernin

  "[She] appears to achieve the impossible, straddling the two seemingly irreconcilable camps of intellectualism and accessibility." Sydney Morning Herald

• Magnus Lindberg

  "...a proven master in his own cogent idiom." Financial Times

• HK Gruber

  "...nostalgic frisson and ironic surprise are technical means used by Gruber with absolute authority..." Sunday Times

• Isang Yun

  "I was born in Korea and project that culture, but I developed musically in Europe. I don't need to organise or separate elements of the cultures. I am a unity, a simple person. It's a synthesis." Isang Yun

• Aaron Copland

  "Whether nervy or calm, harsh or homely, Copland's scores bounce, ring, vibrate and shine like nobody else's." BBC Music Magazine