Benjamin Graves
Benjamin Graves studied clarinet at the Birmingham Conservatoire, under Timothy Lines, playing in various local ensembles. He soon took to composing, completing his PhD in composition under Richard Causton at the University of Cambridge in July 2020. He has won various awards and bursaries and his compositions have been heard in venues in Seattle and Boston, USA; Royaumont and Aixen-Provence, France; Darmstadt and Freiburg, Germany; Basel, Switzerland; and Aldeburgh, Birmingham, Cambridge, Durham, Oxford; and London’s Air Studios, Barbican, LSO St. Luke’s, the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, The Place, Southbank Centre, St John’s Smith Square, and the Wigmore Hall.
Broadcasts include BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland, Soho Classical and Resonance 104.4 FM. Festival premieres include the Aberdeen Sound, City of London, Celtic Connection and Aldeburgh festivals. Notable ensemble commissions and performances include BCMG, Ensemble Recherche, Hermes Experiment, The Riot Ensemble, and members of the BBC Symphony and London Symphony Orchestras, and orchestral works for the London Symphony and Royal Scottish National Orchestras. Benjamin is currently a PADI Master Scuba Diver, landscape gardener and an undergraduate supervisor in composition and orchestration at the University of Cambridge.
Benjamin Graves studied clarinet at the Birmingham Conservatoire, under Timothy Lines, playing in various local ensembles. He soon took to composing, completing his PhD in composition under Richard Causton at the University of Cambridge in July 2020. He has won various awards and bursaries and his compositions have been heard in venues in Seattle and Boston, USA; Royaumont and Aixen-Provence, France; Darmstadt and Freiburg, Germany; Basel, Switzerland; and Aldeburgh, Birmingham, Cambridge, Durham, Oxford; and London’s Air Studios, Barbican, LSO St. Luke’s, the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, The Place, Southbank Centre, St John’s Smith Square, and the Wigmore Hall.
Broadcasts include BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland, Soho Classical and Resonance 104.4 FM. Festival premieres include the Aberdeen Sound, City of London, Celtic Connection and Aldeburgh festivals. Notable ensemble commissions and performances include BCMG, Ensemble Recherche, Hermes Experiment, The Riot Ensemble, and members of the BBC Symphony and London Symphony Orchestras, and orchestral works for the London Symphony and Royal Scottish National Orchestras. Benjamin is currently a PADI Master Scuba Diver, landscape gardener and an undergraduate supervisor in composition and orchestration at the University of Cambridge.
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