We are excited to work with Finalist Nicholas on his piece Vienna c. 1825, colourised. We asked Nicholas to tell us a little more about himself and his composing.
My initial path into composing was through pop music songwriting and arranging in my
teens, where my first experiments with notated music were located. At some point I fell
down the rabbit hole of classical music, first falling in love with Mahler and the
Impressionists, then finding the music of Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School. Since
then, I’ve explored the whole range of post-1900 music, trying to combine the best
innovations of that music with a lyricism derived from my activity as a choral singer. I was
able to indulge both of these interests when I wrote (and staged!) a chamber opera last year,
which I hope will be a stepping stone to future operatic projects.
I am currently a master’s student in composition at RAM, taught by Helen Grime and David
Sawer. Before this I studied Music at the University of Cambridge.
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