About Jeremy Thurlow
Jeremy Thurlow is a composer, writer and pianist.
His music has been described as ‘seductive, innovative, full of freshness’ by Henri Dutilleux. It has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, Rolf Hind, the BBC Singers, the Endymion Ensemble, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, James Macmillan, Sequitur (New York), Matthew Schellhorn, Lesley-Jane Rogers, the Bergamo Ensemble, Curious Chamber Players Stockholm, Zoe Martlew, Daniel Propper, Marie Vassiliou, Kevin Bowyer, Simon Smith and Adrian Bradbury among others. In 2007 he won the George Butterworth Award for new composition.
Recent projects include a ‘video-opera’ for voices, video and electronics created in collaboration with writer Alastair Appleton, a piece for the BBC Singers, a ‘music fable’ premiered and recorded by Lesley-Jane Rogers and the Bergamo Ensemble, two pieces for the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, a cantata for on words by Louis Cha premiered in Hong Kong with Niu Niu and Yang Peiyi and recently released by Universal on DVD and CD in China, Unbidden Visions, a setting of Keats for tenor, horn and piano, and music for the stage adaption of Vanessa and Virginia, currently touring Europe and the UK. He also enjoys working with dance: recent projects include That Second Realm with choreographer Susie Crow and Properties of Light with Isobel Cohen for Cambridge Contemporary Dance’s Light Matter show in December 2009; and a collaboration with solo dancer Anarudha Chaturvedi. He is currently working on a violin piece for Peter Sheppard Skaerved, a project in collaboration with the performance-based research institute CMPCP combining live performers with computer-generated sound, and a chamber opera.
His book on composer Henri Dutilleux is published in French by Millénaire III, and he has written and broadcast on the music of Messiaen and many other 20th-century composers, frequently appearing on Radio 3′s CD Review. He enjoys playing chamber music and giving solo recitals: recent performances include Dvorak’s Piano Quintet, Winterreise, and a recital of late Fauré Nocturnes.
Jeremy Thurlow is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge.
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