Daniel Fardon

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Born1991 (age 32–33)
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Occupation
  • composer of contemporary classical music

Daniel Fardon (born 1991) is a British composer of contemporary classical music.

Biography

Daniel Fardon studied Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where his teachers included Howard Skempton and Errollyn Wallen. He went on to study for an MPhil in Composition at the University of Cambridge, where he was tutored by Professor Richard Causton (composer)|Richard Causton. In 2018, he graduated with a PhD in Composition on the topic of tonality[1] from the University of Birmingham, under the supervision of Professor Michael Zev Gordon. He was the Rosie Johnson Apprentice Composer at the Wigmore Hall during 2018-19[2][3]. In 2018 he won the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize[4], and in 2020 he received an Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award[5]Ivor Novello Awards|. He is currently a visiting teacher at the Purcell School for Young Musicians.

Music

Early commissions included Three Short Pieces for the Stratford-on-Avon music festival[6] in 2012, and a piano work for Flatpack Film Festival in 2013. In 2015 Daniel’s work Flux was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the Panufnik Composers Scheme[7][8], conducted by François-Xavier Roth. Daniel’s October Tune was premièred by members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra[9], and subsequently performed by members of the London Symphony Orchestra[10]. June Tune, for piano quartet, was performed by members of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2020[11]. Daniel won the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2018[12] and was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society to write a new string quartet[13]. The resulting piece, Six Movements, was premièred by the Bloomsbury Quartet at the Wigmore Hall in 2019[14]. His work Elements of Disco was commissioned by Cheltenham Music Festival[15] and premièred on BBC Radio 3 by the Carducci Quartet[16][17], broadcast live from St David's Hall in Cardiff in the absence of an audience as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 Daniel was the recipient of an Ivor Novello Award for his string quartet Six Movements[18]. His music is notable for its exploration of aesthetic pluralism[19][20].

Notable works [21]

  • Flux, for symphony orchestra (2015)
  • Black Eyes, for soprano and tenor voice (2015)
  • October Tune, for sextet (2017)
  • Three Movements, for chamber ensemble (2018)
  • Piano Suite No. 3 (2018)
  • Somewhere Among the Clouds Above, for soprano and alto saxophone (2018)
  • June Tune, for piano quartet (2019)
  • Six Movements, for string quartet (2019)
  • Elements of Disco, for string quartet (2020)

References

  1. ↑ Fardon, Daniel Lewis (2019). Composing with Plural Approaches to Tonality, Source, and Style. University of Birmingham.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Fardon appointed Apprentice Composer". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ↑ Whyte, Sam. "Rosie Johnson RPS Wigmore Hall Apprentice Composer 2018/19 | News | About Us". Wigmore Hall. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  4. ↑ "RPS announces prizes and grants for composers and musicians totaling £42,000". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. ↑ "The Ivors Composer Awards | The Ivors Academy |". The Ivors Academy. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Birmingham Conservatoire develops close partnership with music festival". Birmingham City University. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  7. ↑ "London Symphony Orchestra - Panufnik Composers Scheme". lso.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  8. ↑ "London Symphony Orchestra - The LSO Panufnik Composers Scheme: Where are they now? Part 2". lso.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  9. ↑ "Works for BSO Composers' Day 2017 revealed". Rhinegold. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  10. ↑ "London Symphony Orchestra - LSO Soundhub Associates Concert". lso.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  11. ↑ "Soundhub Showcase: Phase II | Barbican". www.barbican.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  12. ↑ "RPS announces prizes and grants for composers and musicians totaling £42,000". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  13. ↑ "Daniel Fardon". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  14. ↑ "Maconchy, Fardon and Schulhoff". Wigmore Hall. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  15. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 celebrates artists from Cheltenham Music Festival 2020". Cheltenham Festivals. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  16. ↑ "Beethoven, Fardon and Dvorak". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  17. ↑ "Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  18. ↑ "The Ivors Composer Awards | The Ivors Academy |". The Ivors Academy. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  19. ↑ "The Ivors Composer Awards 2020 winners announced". The Ivors Academy. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  20. ↑ "Bloomsbury Mornings". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  21. ↑ "LIST OF WORKS". danielfardon. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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