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Anna Meredith
Composer in the House

Anna Meredith - sinfonia ViVA's Composer in the House: a Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation initiative

Anna Meredith is a composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music.

Her acoustic material has been performed around the world by many leading orchestras and ensembles. She has been composer in residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and is currently the Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music Foundation Composer in the House with sinfonia ViVA.

She came to public attention through her 2008 work froms for the BBC Last Night of the Proms and has since written another BBC Prom commission, her first opera, worked with Goldie on his prom commission for the TV show Classic Goldie and collaborated with the beatboxer Shlomo - writing the acclaimed Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra.

She was the classical music representative for the South Bank Show Breakthrough Award and recently won the 2010 Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers.

Anna is currently working on an orchestral and electronic work for sinfonia ViVA with visuals by Eleanor Meredith, due for performance in February 2011. She has also been awarded one of the 20x12 Cultural Olympiad Commissions to work on a new flashmob/no instruments piece for the NYO for performance during 2012.

She is building a reputation for her eclectic electronic work which she has performed throughout the UK and recently supported These New Puritans on the Berlin leg of their Hidden tour. Anna is looking to build on her existing material working towards an album launch during 2011.

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