Graham Fitkin

I compose for live performance, recordings, dance, media and installations. I work with acoustic instruments, electronic instruments and audio recordings.
I have composed for orchestras such as Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras, RSNO, Athens Camerata, Hallé, BBC NOW etc and have previously been Composer-in-Residence with the London Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
I have also collaborated with many individual musicians and chamber ensembles including Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott, Clare Hammond, Will Gregory, the Nederlands Blazersensemble, Powerplant, Ensemble Bash, Piano Circus, Ensemble 10/10, The Schubert Ensemble, The Smith Quartet and The Sacconi Quartet. There have been performances of my works at the BBC Proms Royal Albert Hall, the Lincoln Center New York, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Aula Magna Rome, Royal Opera House London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and at the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
My work in dance has led to collaborations with New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Shobana Jeyasingh, Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Bi-Ma, Royal Ballet, Munich Ballet and National Ballet of Portugal. More recently there have been cross-art collaborations with Tate St Ives, Minack Theatre, a VR collaboration with Shezad Dawood, the Geography music app for HFC Truro and Ars Musica Brussels and a pan-European tree-planting and music project with Artichoke.
As a performer I direct the 9-piece Fitkin Band and The Fairly Relentless Piano Quartet. I am also one half of FitkinWall with harpist Ruth Wall. As an educator I have directed 3 UK PRS Composer residencies, 9 regional community projects, various university seminars, masterclasses and workshops in UK, Japan, Italy and Soweto.
My work has been recorded for Decca, Sony, Factory, BIS, Signum and various other labels.