Tom Coult is a composer born in London in 1988. Since 2021, he has been Composer-in-Association with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, who have premiered a number of pieces and recorded an album of his music with NMC. His 2022 opera Violet was described as ‘the best new British opera in years’ by The Telegraph and has already earned further new productions in Germany and France.
Pieces have been commissioned by BBC Proms (including St John’s Dance for the First Night of the 2017 Proms), Aldeburgh Festival (including pieces for Mahler Chamber Orchestra and for Marian Consort), and Lucerne Festival, and he has been Composer-in-Residence at Aldeburgh Festival, Switzerland’s Musikdorf Ernen, and Oxford Lieder Festival.
• New works for Nicolas Altstaedt and Fenella Humphreys, performances by Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Marian Consort, Rakhi Singh & Festival Voices, UK premiere of Horn Trio, new work for La Nuova Musica
Craftsmen & Clowns for solo cello will be premiered by Nicolas Altstaedt at L’Auditori in Barcelona on 19 April. In 13 minutes and in three movements, it takes its name from a theory of the ...
Abide, my piece for young intermediate musicians, is being performed by London Sinfonietta and school-age students from North London Music Hub, at the Sinfonietta’s ‘Sound Out‘ event...
Two pieces of mine for solo string instruments will be premiered this Spring and Summer: ——- Craftsmen & Clowns for solo cello will be premiered by Nicolas Altstaedt at L’Auditor...
Pieces that Disappear, the portrait disc of my orchestral music released last year on NMC Recordings, has been shortlisted for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards. The disc features four pieces, all...