Penny Axtens
Penelope Axtens (born 1974) is a New Zealand composer.
Biography
[edit]Axtens studied composition at the University of Auckland where she gained an Honours degree before completing a Masters at Victoria University of Wellington in 1999.[1] She studied under Ross Harris and John Psathas.[2] In 1994 she won a Douglas Lilburn Student Composition Award.[3] She received the Composers Association of New Zealand Trust Fund Award in 2002.[4]
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performed her work Part the Second which won the orchestra's inaugural Music 2000 Prize.[5] A further work from the sixth hour was also performed by the orchestra.[5] She has written works for solo instruments and small ensembles which have been performed by contemporary music groups including 175 East.[1]
Axtens left New Zealand in the mid-2000s[5] and lived in London and Berlin where she worked for Decca and Sony Classical.[1][6][7] She has resumed composing taking up the Lilburn Composer-in-Residence in Wellington in 2025.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Penny Axtens". SOUNZ. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ↑ "Penelope Axtens". www.prometheaneditions.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ↑ "Student composition awards" (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ↑ "CANZ Awards | Composers Association of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Penny Axtens Resound". RNZ. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ↑ "The wonderful places music can take you". RNZ. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- 1 2 "Loving the birdsong around the Magpie House". RNZ. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Norris, M. (2002). Finding your way out. Canzona, 2002; v.23 n.44, 18–19. About Axtens's compositions Part the Second and from the sixth hour.
External links
[edit]- from the sixth hour – recording on RNZ, 2002.
- Penny AXTENS: Part the Second – recording on RNZ, 2000
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
