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Roger Redgate was born in Bolton, Lancashire. He graduated at the Royal College of Music, where he won prizes for composition, violin performance, harmony and counterpoint. A DAAD scholarship enabled him  to study with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber in Freiburg. From 1989 to 1992 he was Northern Arts Composer Fellow, lecturing at Durham and Newcastle Universities. He was invited as guest composer and conductor at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994 where he received the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis for composition.

He is conductor and artistic director of Ensemble Exposé, with whom he performs regularly at European festivals and on BBC Radio 3, and is currently preparing a CD recording of recent works by Brian Ferneyhough.

He has worked in the fields of jazz, improvised music, film and television (including programmes for the BBC and Channel 4), and performance art. His compositions have been performed extensively throughout Europe, Australia and the USA and he has received commissions from the BBC, the French Ministry of Culture, the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, the Venice Biennale and Ensemble 21 New York. He has published articles on music and culture, the music of Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Finnissy, including a chapter in the book Uncommon Ground: The Music of Michael Finnissy. He has given lectures at UC Berkeley and Stanford University and is currently Head of Composition at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Current projects include a BBC commission for the Arditti String Quartet and a new work for Nicholas Hodges.

CD recordings of his works are available on the NMC and Edition Zeitklang labels and further recordings are in preparation due for release on the Metier and NMC labels. His compositions are published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris, United Music Publishers, London and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Works published by UMP

String Quartet No. 3
2 violins, viola, cello - 16'

Monk
solo piano - 6’

Labyrinths
harpsichord and prepared piano - 12 ’

Atemkristall
solo flute 5’

Mirlitonnades (2004)
soprano and piano

Oboe Quintet
oboe & string quartet - 10'

ruins true refuge
solo double bass - 7'

Ecart
solo piano - 2’
(part of Spectrum Book 4)

Vers-Glas (1990)
14 amplified voices - 7'

String Quartet No. 1 (1983)
2 violins, viola, cello - 10'

String Quartet No. 2 (1985)
2 violins, viola, cello - 9'

...Of torn pathways (1985)
violin, 2 percussion - 6'

Inventio (1990)
saxophone and ensemble - 10'

Celan Songs (1994)
soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano - 12'

Pierrot on the Stage of Desire (1998)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion - 10'

Solo & Duo

Genoi Hoios Essi (1981)
solo piano - 6'

Ausgangspunkte (1982)
solo oboe - 8'

Eos (1984)
clarinet, piano - 8'

Eidos (1985)
solo piano - 1'

Éperons (1988)
oboe, percussion - 5'

Pas au-delà (1989)
solo piano - 10'

+R (1991)
solo clarinet - 10'

Beuys (1992)
solo piano - 3'

Feu la cendre (1992)
solo 'cello - 6'

Graffiti (1993)
solo saxophone - 8'