Philip Venables' Arc for the BBC Philharmonic was recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and received a special mention at the 2006 British Academy Composer Awards. 2006 also saw his Wigmore Hall debut with the premiere of his complete String Quartet by the Duke Quartet (“delicately spun melodies dissolved into bursts of aggression…. gritty, soulful…” – The Strad; “contrasting gestures, driven through by a powerful sense of drama and structure”. – The Times). 2007 has seen performances by the BBC Singers, the Black Dyke Band and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.Philip Venables was born in Chester in 1979. He read Natural Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge, and then composition at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Philip Cashian. At the Royal Academy he was awarded the DipRAM diploma for outstanding performance and the Manson Fellowship in Composition.
Other commissions have come from the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Singers, the Canterbury 2003 and 2005 Sounds New Festivals, Rambert Dance Company, the Cheltenham International Music Festival, the QuantumLoop 2004 Animated Film Festival and for the Spitalfields Festival 2004 .
Philip has worked on several projects with amateur and young musicians, including several COMA ensembles, the South London Jazz Orchestra and the 2004 Cage: UnCaged festival at the Barbican Centre. Several pieces have been recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and Cable Television.
As a conductor, he has studied with Christopher Austin, Denise Ham and Rodolfo Saglembini. He founded and directs SEQUENZA, a chamber orchestra that prides itself on fresh, talented performers and innovative programming of old and new music. He directed the Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Orchestra for 2 years where he piloted an on-going partnership with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He is the General Manager of the critically acclaimed British ensemble, Endymion.
Find out more at www.philipvenables.com