Alexander Papp is a 23 year old composer who holds a WH and George Myddleton Award scholarship to study composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Phil Cashian and Rubens Askenar. His studies at the Academy are kindly supported by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.
Based in London, he writes both acoustic and electro-acoustic music for the concert hall and sees his compositions as extensions from his research into other areas of his life. Recent works have been influenced fby the philosophy of Sigmund Freud, the Confessions of St Augustine, the medical science behind seizures and Bach’s 3rd cello suite.
In the UK, his works have been performed in prestigious venues such as the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, St John’s Smith Square and the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre and he has worked with artists such as Daniel Pioro, Flow Unit 3, the Carice Singers, Ensemble 10/10 and the London Chamber Orchestra. His piano trio SNATCH was recently broadcast on Radio 3 New Music Show. Alex’s works have also been performed internationally, most recently 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, where his orchestral music has been used for education projects including two works for their concert in September 2024.
Upcoming projects include a new double concerto for Riot Ensemble as a participant in the Riot Ensemble Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne which is to be recorded at Deutschlandfunk Cologne in 2025 and a commission for the Nash Ensemble for Wigmore Hall in March 2025. He will be taking part in Ink Still Wet in Grafenegg, Austria as composer / conductor in August 2025.
Other commissions to be announced shortly.
Alex 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 Hans Abrahamsen, Brett Dean, Hannah Kendall, Daniel Kidane and Nico Muhly.
