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Sebastian Black (born 1996) is an NZ / British composer from Colchester, UK. He was educated at Chetham’s School of Music and the University of Oxford, before studying with Sir George Benjamin at King’s College London. He was the mentor composer at Péter Eötvös Foundation in Budapest, studying with Péter Eötvös,[1] and has participated in the Lucerne Festival Academy.[2]
His work has featured at such organisations as the BBC, Budapest Music Center, Het Concertgebouw,[3][4][5] Ensemble Modern, Lucerne Festival, and the WDR. His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. In 2010 he was a winner of BBC Young Composer.[6][7]
His vocal music includes Unmentionable Scenes for soprano and orchestra (a one-woman opera based on the Proceedings of the Old Bailey for Peter Eötvös Foundation, Savaria Symphony Orchestra and Equilibrium Young Artists),[8] The Mosaique of the Aire (commissioned by Mahler Foundation for Het Concertgebouw's Mahler Festival 2025)[9] and These Harmonious Colonies (for WDR Sinfonieorchester- und Chorakademie).[10]
In 2026 he wrote the solo violin piece Aitken's Violin, commemorating ANZAC Day for At the World’s Edge Festival for performance in London and New Zealand.[11][12][13]
He is the director of Smorgaschord, a music festival previously based in Oxford.[14][15] Smorgaschord were previously Emerging Artists at Stoller Hall in Manchester.[16][17]
Selected works
[edit]Vocal works
[edit]The Mosaique of the Aire (2019-20), for soprano and ensemble, commissioned by Mahler Foundation for performance by the New European Ensemble at Het Concertgebouw's Mahler Festival 2025.
These Harmonious Colonies (2024), cantata for choir and chamber ensemble based on 19th-century newspapers from New Zealand, commissioned by the Chorakademie des WDR Runfunkchores.[18]
Unmentionable Scenes (2025), one-woman opera for soprano and orchestra based on the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, written for Péter Eötvös Foundation, the Savaria Symphony Orchestra and Equilibrium Young Artists.[19]
Instrumental works
[edit]Scherzo in La Maggiore (2020), for orchestra, first performed by Orchestra Wellington.
To Shimmer, To Quiver, To Quake (2024), study for 12 players, for the International Ensemble Modern Academy and Lucerne Festival Academy.
Clarinet Quintet (2025), commissioned by Ipswich Chamber Music Society in commemoration of their 100th anniversary, for Jonathan Leibovitz and Quatuor Agate.[20]
Aitken's Violin (2026) for solo violin, commissioned by At the World's Edge Festival New Zealand in commemoration of ANZAC Day.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation". eotvosmusicfoundation.org. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Au festival de Lucerne, la fabrique de la musique de demain". rts.ch (in French). 2024-08-31. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Het Concertgebouw organiseert nieuw Mahler Festival in 2025". Het Concertgebouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Mahler Beyond". The Concertgebouw. 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ Drop, Emanuel (2026-01-31). "Mahler Beyond". Mahler Foundation. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Young composer wins Proms chance". 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Seb's music played at Proms...and he's only 14". Gazette. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ EQ (2026-01-03). "EQ with Savaria Symphony Orchestra". Equilibrium Young Artists. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ Clare (2025-05-24). "Shaken and not stirred: Mahler Beyond at the Concertgebouw". The Spidy Editor | Clare Varney. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ wdr.de (2024-07-02). "Sebastian Black - These Harmonious Colonies". WDR Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "NZ chamber musicians share Anzac values through classical music". 1News. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Alexander Aitken's violin: the instrument that travelled from Gallipoli to the Somme". The Strad. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "First Person: Violinist and festival director Benjamin Baker on bringing world class chamber music from New Zealand to London". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Smorgaschord Festival 2022 - Daily Info". Daily Info. Archived from the original on 2026-04-21. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "'Unusualness in all its splendour': Q&A with the Smorgaschord festival directors". The Strad. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Chetham's Library | Smorgaschord Collective – Rush Hour Concerts". Chetham's Library. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Stoller Hall | The Stoller Hall announces its Emerging Artists for 2023". Stoller Hall. 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ DB (2023-06-19). "Konzert der Akademien, Chorakademie des WDR Rundfunkchores, Orchesterakademie des WDR Sinfonieorchesters, Gabriel Hollander, Christian Rohrbach" (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ Zenekar, Savaria Szimfonikus. "Angol zenei titkok és kortárs felfedezések a Bartók Teremben". Savaria Szimfonikus Zenekar (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Celebrating a musical centenary with Ipswich Chamber Music Society". Great British Life. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
- ↑ "Aitken's Violin". AWE UK Music Foundation. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
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