1. biografia

[amministratore_1]

Paul WHITTY
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Oxford, Great Britain
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mail: pwhitty@brookes.ac.uk
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luogo e data di nascita: Lisburn (Northern Ireland), 1970


Paul Whitty studied with Roger Marsh at York University, Magnus Lindberg and Colin Matthews at the Britten-Pears School, and Vinko Globokar at the Dartington International Summer School, and completed a DPhil in composition with Michael Finnissy at the University of Sussex.
His work has been performed by the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Expose, IXION, Michael Finnissy, [rout], Philip Howard, and Mieko Kanno amongst others, and his music has featured at festivals including Brighton, Ultima in Oslo, the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the 54th Venice Biennale and at State Of The Nation in London. He has received awards, including from the Arts Council of England, AHRC, the Britten-Pears Foundation, and the British Council.
Paul Whitty is a founder, along with the composers Sam Hayden and Paul Newland, of the ensemble [rout], which has made concert tours in the UK, appearing on BBC Radio 3's contemporary music programme Hear and Now, on a BMIC Cutting Edge concert tour, at the ICA and at the Huddersfield Festival.
He is Professor in Composition; Research Lead for Film, Fine Art and Music; and a Director of the Sonic Art Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University and has been a visiting tutor in collaborative practice at Dartington College of Arts and the Laban Centre, London. He is a Director of audiograft, Oxford's Festival of experimental music and sound art, with Stephen Cornford.
He has become increasingly interested in collaborative cross-disciplinary work methods, often involving on-site projects and installations. Projects have taken place at the Mecca State Bingo Hall in Kilburn, Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, and the office of Beaconsfield art gallery in Vauxhall.