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Simon Bainbridge wins British Composer Award

13 December 2016

It was announced at a ceremony in London on Tuesday 6th December, that UYMP composer Simon Bainbridge has been honoured with the British Composer Award for Inspiration, one of the first Gift of BASCA awards.

The award recognises Simon's contribution to contemporary music and was presented by a former student of his, Luke Bedford. This is the first year that the British Composer Awards have acknowledged a lifetime achievement and celebrated the musical career of a composer as a whole. Jennifer Walshe was the other recipient of this new award category, given the British Composer Award for Innovation.

There were 11 other composers receiving awards for the best compositions with UK premieres before 31st March 2016. The full list of award winners can be found here: https://basca.org.uk/2016/12/06/british-composer-awards-winners-announced/

The event was hosted BBC Radio 3 presenters Sarah Walker and Andrew McGregor and Radio 3's Hear and Now programme broadcasted a special feature on the ceremony on Saturday 10th December at 10pm. Listen back here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084vmr2

We would like to extend our congratulations to Simon Bainbridge on this great achievement and also to all the other winning composers championing contemporary music in 2015/16.

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