Paul Newland

Who is Paul Newland?

Paul Newland is a British composer of contemporary classical music. He has won numerous prizes, including the RPS Composition Prize 1990, a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award in 1993, and in 1995 he was awarded the Royal Academy of Music's Josiah Parker Prize by György Ligeti. He has studied composition with Anthony Gilbert and Sir Harrison Birtwistle at the Royal Northern College of Music, with Michael Finnissy at the Royal Academy of Music, Jo Kondo at the Elisabeth University of Music in Hiroshima, and Simon Holt at the Royal Holloway University of London.

His works have been performed and broadcast by ensembles and artists such as [rout], 175 East, Arditti Quartet, Asko Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Casey, Composers Ensemble, Exquisite Corpse, Philip Howard, Huuj Ensemble, Ives Ensemble, Ixion, Jane's Minstrels, London Sinfonietta, Opus 20 and the London Symphony Orchestra.

In 1995, with composers Paul Whitty and Sam Hayden, he co-founded [rout], a collection of musicians and composers dedicated to collaborative inter-disciplinary performance. Several of his works have been written especially for [rout].