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About

From the bio on his website: John Pickard was born on 11 September, 1963 and started to compose at an early age. He read for his B.Mus. degree at the University of Wales, Bangor, where his composition teacher was William Mathias. Between 1984 and 1985 he studied with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands on a Dutch Ministry of Culture Scholarship. He was awarded a PhD in composition in 1989 and is currently Professor of Composition and Applied Musicology at the University of Bristol, where has worked since 1993.

Discography

  • Symphonies 2 & 6 / Verlaine Songs

    Symphonies 2 & 6 / Verlaine Songs

    Album2024
  • Mass in Troubled Times

    Mass in Troubled Times

    Album2023
  • The Gardener of Aleppo and other Chamber Works

    The Gardener of Aleppo and other Chamber Works

    Album2020
  • Sixteen Sunrises / Symphony no. 5 / Concertante Variations

    Sixteen Sunrises / Symphony no. 5 / Concertante Variations

    Album2017
  • Songs for Voice and Piano

    Songs for Voice and Piano

    Album2017
  • Gaia Symphony / Eden

    Gaia Symphony / Eden

    Album2014
  • Tenebrae / Piano Concerto / Sea-Change

    Tenebrae / Piano Concerto / Sea-Change

    Album2013
  • Chamber Music, Volume Two: String Quartet no. 1 / String Quartet no. 5

    Chamber Music, Volume Two: String Quartet no. 1 / String Quartet no. 5

    Album2013
  • Chamber Music

    Chamber Music

    Album2012
  • The Flight of Icarus / The Spindle of Necessity / Channel Firing

    The Flight of Icarus / The Spindle of Necessity / Channel Firing

    Album2008
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