Richard Ayres
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Richard Ayres (born 29 October 1965) is a British composer and music teacher.
Biography
Born in Cornwall, England, Richard Ayres followed
From 1990 Richard Ayres has worked as composer receiving performances from among others the
Ayres received the Gaudeamus International Composers Award for composition in 1994. His piece No. 31 (for trumpet and ensemble) received a recommendation at the UNESCO Rostrum of Composers in Paris in 1999. He received the Matthijs Vermeulen Award in 2003.
He was Featured Composer at the
In the orchestral arena his No. 37b for orchestra was premiered at the Donaueschingen Musiktage by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Freiburg and Baden-Baden and has since been taken up by the
2008 saw the premiere of No. 42 In the Alps for soprano and ensemble which was premiered and toured throughout the Netherlands by Barbara Hannigan and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. He also wrote No. 43 Glorious, a work for chamber ensemble and film – a collaboration with film-maker Guy Maddin for the SHIFT Festival in Amsterdam and Canada.
His piece No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven: dreaming, hearing loss and saying goodbye) was given its world premiere at the
In January 2004, Ayres was appointed as teacher of composition at the
Selected works
- No. 8 Piano (solo) 1991
- No. 24 (NONcerto for alto trombone) 1995
- No. 31 (NONcerto for trumpet) 1999
- No. 30 (NONcerto for orchestra, cello and high soprano) 2003
- No. 30a "Schnell aber nicht immer"
- No. 33 a-b-c (Valentine Tregashian COnsiders...) 2001
- No. 36 (NONcerto for horn) 2002
- No. 34b (Two pieces for cello and ensemble) 2003
- No. 39 The Cricket Recovers 2005
- No. 37b for Orchestra 2006
- No. 40 (NONcerto for oboe)2006
- No. 41 (Five Memos for Eva) 2007
- No. 42 (In the Alps- an animated concert) 2008
- No. 43 (Glorious) 2008
- No. 47 (Peter Pan) 2015
- No. 48 (Night Studio) 2015
- No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven: dreaming, hearing loss and saying goodbye) 2020
References
- ^ "Richard Ayres", Royal Opera House.
- ^ "Peter Pan Richard Ayres", WNO. Archived 2014/2015.
- ^ Morrison, Richard (11 September 2020). "Prom: Aurora Orchestra/Collon Review - Startlingly joyous in its unpredictability". The Times. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Hewett, Ivan (5 July 2021). "A deeply moving exploration of Beethoven's despair, plus the best of July's classical concerts". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- "Richard Ayres". British Music Information Centre. Retrieved 4 February 2008.