*1958 GB
Composer of Classical
Simon Holt (born February 21, 1958, Bolton, England) is a British composer. Simon Holt was educated at Bolton School. Shortly after graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music, he became firmly established on the new music circuit with a series of commissions and fruitful collaborations with the London Sinfonietta and the Nash Ensemble. Influenced by Messiaen, Xenakis and Feldman as well as visual artists such as Goya, Giacometti and Brancusi, his music is complex, dramatic and often enigmatic. The intricate internal structures of his works are concealed by a seemingly impulsive nature. During the 1980s he worked primarily in complex soundworlds, while since the 1990s the dense textures have often been offset by Feldmanesque moments of calm, that Holt refers to as ‘still centres’.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Bracing Change | Simon Holt, The JACK Quartet, Donnacha Dennehy, Doric String Quartet, Anthony Gilbert, The Carducci String Quartet, Guy Johnston | 2017 | Album |
A Book Of Colours | Simon Holt - Rolf Hind | 2009 | Album |
Boots Of Lead – Feet Of Clay | Simon Holt | 2004 | Album |
....Era Madrugada | Simon Holt - The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend | 1993 | Album |
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