About

Alexander Papp is a 24 year old UK based composer whose works have been performed in prestigious venues such as the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. He has worked with artists such as Flow Unit 3, the Carice Singers, Ensemble 10/10, the London Chamber Orchestra and has had his music broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show.

Alex’s works have also been performed internationally, in Solsona, Catalonia with cellist Gerard Flotats Boix and in Piacenza, Italy at the Conservatorio Nicolini. He has also collaborated with the Brandenburgishes Staatsorchester Frankfurt Oder and conductor Howard Griffiths, where his orchestral music has been used and recorded for educational projects. As a participant in the Riot Ensemble Art Mentorship Lucerne Scheme, his new double concerto has been recorded for BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show. He will conduct his latest orchestral score at the Grafenegg Festival this Summer.

He has attended festivals such as Dartington Music Summer School and Cheltenham Music Festival Composium as well as having lessons/masterclasses from renowned names such as Augusta Read Thomas, Brett Dean, Daniel Kidane, Hans Abrahamsen, Hannah Kendall, and Nico Muhly.

Alex currently holds a WH and George Myddleton Award scholarship to study composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Philip Cashian and Rubens Askenar, kindly supported by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. From September he will be the Manson Fellow in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.