Robert Fokkens is a South African composer based in the UK. His
music has been performed in many major venues in the UK (including the
Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Royal Festival Hall), South Africa,
Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, the USA and Japan, and broadcast on
BBC Radio 3. Performers of his music include Pierre-Andre Valade, Ernst
Kovacic, Ian Partridge, Martyn Brabbins, the South
African National Youth Orchestra, Oliver Coates, The Fibonacci
Sequence, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, rarescale, Trio Fibonacci,
Tim Murray, Harriet Mackenzie, juice and soprano Claire Booth.
Robert’s music is published by Composers Edition (www.composersedition.com) and Tetractys Publishing (www.tetractys.co.uk).
Tracing Lines - a portrait CD of his chamber music with the Fidelio
Trio, Carla Rees (bass flute) and Patricia Rozario (soprano) - was
released on Metier in early 2014 (www.divine-art.co.ukhome.htm).
His music has also been published in the journals The Liberal, Journal
of the Musical Arts in Africa,and in Choir and Organ magazine, and
recorded on the Prima Facie, Herald, TUTL and South African National
Youth Orchestra labels.
Robert studied at the University of Cape Town and the Royal Academy of Music, and held the Manson Fellowship at the RAM. During this time he worked with many composers including George Crumb, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Thomas Ades, Simon Bainbridge, Poul Ruders, and Mauricio Kagel. He completed his PhD at the University of Southampton in 2007, where he was supervised by Michael Finnissy.
Throughout his studies, Robert was generously supported by a number of prizes and scholarships, including a Countess of Munster Musical Trust bursary, the South African Music Rights Organisation Overseas Scholarship, a National Arts Council of South Africa award, an Overseas Research Scheme scholarship, and a bursary awarded by the Royal Academy of Music. His doctoral studies were also supported by a University of Southampton Major Studentship.
Robert is a Lecturer in Composition at Cardiff University, where he teaches composition across all levels and directs the Contemporary Music Group. He was elected as an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014.
The Free State Symphony Orchestra will give a performance of Uhambo Olunintsi (Journeys) in the Sand du Plessis Theatre in Bloemfontein, as part of the Choral Extravaganza concert. He is particularly pleased about this performance, as the second performance of this work took place in the same venue back in 2005, when the South African National Youth Orchestra gave the second performance under Conrad van Alphen.
#Fokkens #Copland #Faure #Rutter
Robert studied at the University of Cape Town and the Royal Academy of Music, and held the Manson Fellowship at the RAM. During this time he worked with many composers including George Crumb, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Thomas Ades, Simon Bainbridge, Poul Ruders, and Mauricio Kagel. He completed his PhD at the University of Southampton in 2007, where he was supervised by Michael Finnissy.
Throughout his studies, Robert was generously supported by a number of prizes and scholarships, including a Countess of Munster Musical Trust bursary, the South African Music Rights Organisation Overseas Scholarship, a National Arts Council of South Africa award, an Overseas Research Scheme scholarship, and a bursary awarded by the Royal Academy of Music. His doctoral studies were also supported by a University of Southampton Major Studentship.
Robert is a Lecturer in Composition at Cardiff University, where he teaches composition across all levels and directs the Contemporary Music Group. He was elected as an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014.
The Free State Symphony Orchestra will give a performance of Uhambo Olunintsi (Journeys) in the Sand du Plessis Theatre in Bloemfontein, as part of the Choral Extravaganza concert. He is particularly pleased about this performance, as the second performance of this work took place in the same venue back in 2005, when the South African National Youth Orchestra gave the second performance under Conrad van Alphen.
#Fokkens #Copland #Faure #Rutter
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