Gary Carpenter studied composition at the Royal College of Music, London with John Lambert. He has lived in Holland and Germany and has written operas, musicals, ballets (mainly for NDT), a radio music-drama (The One Alone with Iris Murdoch) and much concert music. Musical director and/or arranger-orchestrator on many stage shows and films (including The Wicker Man [1972]), his Azaleas for harp trio received a 2006 British Composer Award in the chamber category. CDs include – Die Flimmerkiste (NMC) with Ensemble 10/10 and SET – Orchestral Works (Nimbus) with Iain Ballamy, Kathryn Rudge and the RLPO conducted by Clark Rundell and Andrew Manze His recent works include Ghost Songs for junior choir and orchestra (RSNO/CBSO/RLPO/Basque National Orchestra co-commission) and Mondrian (Harpsichord Concerto) for Mahan Esfahani and Ensemble 10/10, both shortlisted for an Ivors Composer Award 2019. Gary was RLPO’s Composer in Association (2018-19) and is Professor of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, a professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London and a director of the Ivors Academy.
