Priti Paintal
Priti Paintal (born 1960) is a British composer, performer, music producer and promoter who lives and works in England.[1]
Life
Paintal was born in New Delhi, India, the daughter of the distinguished Indian scientist Autar Singh Paintal. She trained in both Indian and Western music and studied sitar and tabla as a child and piano and composition in India. Paintal received a master's degree in ethnomusicology before moving to England to study composition at York University and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with Anthony Gilbert.[2][3]
She founded the ensemble ShivaNova in 1988[4] to unite diverse musical traditions into a global sound. The ensemble collaborates with artists including storytellers, jugglers, dancers and orchestras, and provides workshops in schools and communities. A mainstream dance music spin-off of the group, SugarNova, had its debut single "Over and Over" reach the top 20 of the Music Week Club charts.
Her music brings together traditional, classical and jazz performers in a unique mix of Indian roots and contemporary flair. In addition to her group pieces she wrote the mini-opera "Survival Song" for the Royal Opera House Garden Venture contemporary opera programme,
Priti has written for The Guardian newspaper, and been featured in The Independent and The Daily Telegraph. She has appeared on Songlines, BBC 3 and Woman's Hour. She has served on the Arts Council Music panel, the board of South-East Arts, the board of Kent Music.[9]
Works
Selected works include:
- Grandharva Music I
Polygamy, Urban Mantras, Flying to the Sun, Moonlighting, Seventh Heaven (CDs)
- Secret Chants (orchestral work and CD)
- Survival Song, chamber opera
Biko (full-length opera based on the life of Apartheid leader Stephen Biko)
- Gulliver in Lilliput, children's opera
- Bananas, multimedia show
- Global Feast, multi-artform
References
- ^ "Priti PAINTAL". gov.uk. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Pendle, Karin, ed. (1991). Women & music: a history.
- ^ Fuller, Sophie (1994). The Pandora guide to women composers: Britain and the United States.
- ISSN 0749-4467.
- ISBN 978-0253115034.
- ^ Dunnett, Roderic (5 June 1992). "Pride of race. ('Biko' composer and librettist Priti Paintal and Richard Fawkes) (Interview)". New Statesman & Society. v5 (n205): 32(1).
- British Music Collection. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Archives | Heritage Quay". heritagequay.org. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "ShivaNova". Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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