Phillip Neil Martin
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Roundhouse
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Phillip Neil Martin is an internationally award-winning composer, creative director and producer and has emerged as one of the most innovative voices of his generation. His work crosses the divide from experimental concert music, electronics and installations to fashion, film and new technology, concept and artistic direction, regularly collaborating with fashion designers, filmmakers, architects, artists and dancers; such as the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Arditti String Quartet, Nash Ensemble, Schubert Ensemble, and the likes of Beardyman, Luke Vibert, Mayumi Miyata, Viktor & Rolf, and Chanel.
Phillip studied at the Royal College of Music, studying with Julian Anderson, graduating with First Class Honours in 2002, returning to read his MMus graduating with Distinction in 2004, also attending technology Courses at IRCAM. Phillip has won numerous awards and fellowships across the world including the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Award, Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal, prizes at the Toru Takemitsu and Lutoslawski Award, the Uchida Fellowship Japan, Constant & Kit Lambert Fellow at the Royal College of Music and the flagship creative post “Music Creator in Residence” at the London College of Fashion supported by the PRS Foundation.
Phillip’s work has been exhibited, implemented and performed extensively across Europe, America and Asia. Recent multi-genre and music projects include “Voices of the Asylum” for voices, human beatbox, electronics, fashion, dancers and space at the Royal Academy of Arts, London; “Ghost” for electronics, projections and woodland across Bentwaters Airbase at midnight, closing the “Faster than Sound” Festival; “Old Night” for bassoon and piano commissioned by the Nash Ensemble; “Standing Water”, commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra’s “Music of Today” series at the Southbank, London; “Black & White” for 4 Taiko drummers, electronics, fashion and architecture commissioned by the City of London Festival; “Stilled…” for piano quartet commissioned by the Schubert Ensemble; “In the Parallel” for DJ, electronics, fashion, interactive searchlights and space, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London; “Blaze of Noon” for soprano and piano commissioned for the NMC 20 year anniversary CD; and “Nocturne” for piano commissioned by the Almeida Theatre. Current projects include a chamber opera commissioned by Cryptic, development with Opera Genesis/ROH2, Scottish tour September 2009.
“I feel extremely excited to be selected for the New Music Plus scheme, and working with the Roundhouse will develop my skills and knowledge allowing me to gain amazing experience from a broad range of institutions and individuals. I can’t wait to start! Developing new music platforms and music based mixed art form projects is a great passion. I’m entrepreneurial at heart and working with music-led mixed artform projects has been one of the driving forces of my recent work, an integral component to my creativity and an area that has become one of the most stimulating facets of my output.”