A polished, underground contemporary classical artist.
Philip Venables is known for music that deals with sexuality, politics and speech. He is described as “one of the finest composers around” (Guardian) and his work as “brutally effective” (Times) and “brilliant, extreme work that grips like a vice and won’t let go” (Guardian). He collaborates extensively in cross-media work, including with artist Douglas Gordon on Bound to Hurt (HAU Theater Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Theater Basel), with drag/performance artist David Hoyle on Illusions (London Sinfonietta, UK New Music Biennial) and sound installation Canal Street (Manchester International Festival/Manchester Camerata), and with violinist Pekka Kuusisto on Venables plays Bartók (BBC Proms). His opera 4.48 Psychosis (dir. Ted Huffman) was widely acclimed by critics and audiences, and won the 2016 UK Theatre Award for Opera, the 2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Large-scale Composition and the 2017 British Composer Award for Stage Work. The opera was nominated for an Olivier Award and Sky Arts South Bank Award. Philip was a MacDowell Fellow with director Ted Huffman in 2017, Doctoral Composer in Residence with the Royal Opera House 2013–16 and a Soundhub resident at LSO St Luke's 2013. www.philipvenables.com
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Philip Venables writes contemporary classical music and avant-garde opera, often exploring complex themes of politics, sexuality, and speech with striking orchestral and vocal arrangements.
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Philip Venables is a contemporary classical composer based between Berlin and London.
