The International Composers Festival is a regular event comprising a series of concerts, lectures and networking opportunities created with the purpose to promote and showcase classical music that is tuneful, universally appealing and created solely by living composers attending the concerts. The festival was founded in 2012 by composer, concert pianist and artistic director Polo Piatti [1] and the festival patrons are composers Nigel Hess and Debbie Wiseman OBE. The first festival took place on 24th-25th August 2012 and subsequent festivals took place in 2013, 2015 and 2018 always in Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK. The repertoire encompasses works especially selected from submissions from all over the world and includes big orchestral compositions, film scores, computer gaming music, televisions themes, chamber and dance music usually performed in six concerts over a long weekend.

A strong element in the festival is the opportunity for composers from different parts of the world to come together and network with colleagues and organisations in the United Kingdom. Principal festival conductors include Stephen Ellery (Wales), Derek Carden (UK), Irish Endo (Japan) and John Andrews (UK)[2] and composers in residence include Simon Proctor, Nobuya Monta, Ash Madni.[3] The current composer in residence is Paul Lewis[4] and youth ambassador is Oliver Poole. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

2018 Festival

In addition to the Composers in residence, the 2018 festival included;

References

  1. ↑ "Polo Piatti interview". Hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Diary | John Andrews, access date: 4 June 2020
  3. ↑ About Ash Madni – Ash Madni, accessdate: 10 June 2020
  4. ↑ Paul Lewis Composer | Commissions, accessdate: 4 June 2020
  5. ↑ "First International Composers Festival of classical music to take place in Hastings". Larkreviews.co.uk. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. ↑ "International Composers Festival VIP Festival Pass 21 - 23 September - DLWP, The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex". Dlwp.com. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  7. ↑ "International Composers Festival". Visit 1066 Country. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. ↑ "International Composers Festival". Larkreviews.co.uk. 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  9. ↑ "Celebrating new classical music with unique festival in Hastings and Bexhill – Konitono". Konitono – Discover your world every day. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  10. ↑ "International Composer Festival 2018". Larkreviews.co.uk. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  11. ↑ "Hastings Online Times – Polo Piatti interview". Hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  12. ↑ "International Composers Festival – Hastings 2018". Larkreviews.co.uk. 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  13. ↑ "International Composers' Festival". Larkreviews.co.uk. 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  14. ↑ Roma, riaperta la mostra "Raffaello 1520-1483" alle Scuderie del Quirinale, accessdate: 4 June 2020
  15. ↑ News, accessdate: 4 June 2020
  16. ↑ Composers / Performers | Composers Festival, accessdate: 4 June 2020
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