mark bowden

'One of a new wave of composers to have emerged in the twenty-first century, South Wales-born Mark Bowden came to prominence as a member of the London-based Camberwell Composers’ Collective, initially putting on concerts in local jazz clubs. Since then he has emerged very much as a composer with his finger on the pulse of contemporary culture, working in a variety of different media including film, dance and, more recently, opera. He has made a deep impression on the orchestral life of Britain and has recently become Resident Composer with BBC National Orchestra of Wales.'

Rambert Dance Company perform Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
May 15th-19th 2012, Sadler's Wells
Mark has made a new orchestration of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune for Rambert's UK tour, which will be performed alongside Mark Baldwin and Gavin Higgin's new 2012 commission What Wild Ecstasy. More details here.

Rambert Dance Company Season of New Choreography
May 31st 2012, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London
Mark is composing a new work for 10 players in collaboration with choreographer Patricia Okenwa for Rambert's Season of New Choreography. More details here.

RECENT NEWS & PROJECTS

Ballet Black @ Royal Opera House
February 29th - March 7th 2012
Mark created a new piece for Jonathan Goddard's new work for Ballet Black. More info here.

CHROMA's 15th Birthday Party @ King's Place
Feburary 20th 2012
The wonderful CHROMA celebrated 15 years of contemporary music-making with a concert at King's Place. They performed Mark's trio the root of the wind, more info here.

Rambert Dance Company perform Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
February 15th-17th 2012, Aberdeen
Mark has made a new orchestration of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune for Rambert's UK tour.

Jeremy Huw Williams performed the soul candle at the Sound Festival, Aberdeen
November 2011
Mark's setting of poetry by Gwyneth Lewis the soul candle was given its Scottish premiere by Jeremy Huw Williams at the Sound Festival in Aberdeen. Further information here.

New work for Rambert Dance Company for violin and electronics
October 11-12th 2011
Mark created a new work for violin and electronics entitled Lines written a few mile below in collaboration with choreographer Malgorzata Dzierzon for Rambert's Season of New Choreography. You can read Mark's two blogs about the creative process here and here. The piece was premiered by Thomas Gould and Rambert Dance Company.

New cello concerto for BBC National Orchestra of Wales
September 8th 2011
Mark's new cello concerto lyra was premiered by Southbank Artist-in-Residence Oliver Coates and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in September. You can read a review here.

Physical Sound Project at Aldeburgh
July 2011
Mark worked with choreographer Darren Ellis, folk duo The Askew Sisters, clarinettist Stuart King, Aldeburgh Young Musicians and DanceEast Academy exploring the collaborative processes involved in creating new music and dance work from scratch.

Chamber works featured at King's Lynn Festival
July 2011
Mark discussed his work with King's Lynn Festival Director Ambrose Miller as part of the Contemporary Consort's 11th annual concert.

work in progress - Berlin perform the radiant dark in Leipzig
June 2011
Berlin-based ensemble, work in progress, performed Mark's recent chamber piece the radiant dark at Butterfahrt in Leipzig.

Composer-in-Residence at Visby International Centre for Composers, Sweden
May 2011
For the whole of May 2011 Mark was in residence at the VICC in Gotland, Sweden. He used the residency to work on his new BBC commission, a cello concerto for Olly Coates.