Cameron Sinclair

Who is Cameron Sinclair?

Cameron Sinclair is a Scottish composer and percussionist based in London, England. In 2004 he was nominated for a British Composer Award for The Secret of the Universe.

In 2002 he was awarded a Fellowship from the Arts Council of England to become Artist in Residence at Cittadellarte, an institution directed by world renowned visual artist Michelangelo Pistoletto dedicated to cross-disciplinary work in Northern Italy. In 2003, he was Music Director and arranger for English Pocket Opera's new version of Carmen, which involved hundreds of Islington schoolchildren alongside a professional cast.

In 1998 he was Artistic Director of Centre Stage, an Arts Council of England project, creating a new opera for 1000 young people throughout London, performed as a professional National Theatre production. In 2000 he made his conducting debut at the BBC Proms, directing Nitin Sawhney's Urban Prophecies with Joanna MacGregor, Ensemble Bash and tabla player Aref Durvesh at the Royal Albert Hall. He also conducted a recording of the piece for the Soundcircus label.

He is Director of the Vietato L'Accesso Festival, which took place in Biella, Italy in September 2003. Devised in collaboration with visual artists, architects, environmentalists and local food producers, the festival was a series of events, including a participative concert La Memoria dell'Acqua, which invited local people to become involved in the regeneration of old industrial buildings and change their perceptions of the neglected river area.