Richard Baker (composer)

Baker's voice

recorded March 2015

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Richard Baker (born 1972) is a British composer and conductor.

Richard Baker was a chorister in Lichfield Cathedral choir as a child.^[1] He read music at Exeter College, Oxford, and spent a year at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague studying under Louis Andriessen, before attending Royal Holloway, University of London, where he received his doctorate.^[2] In 2001 he was appointed New Music Fellow at Kettle's Yard, and became fellow-commoner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was Director of Music from 2005 to 2007. He is also Professor of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.^[3]

Baker's notable compositions include 'Los Rábanos' (1998), 'Learning to Fly' (1999)^[2] and 'The Tyranny of Fun' (2012). As a conductor he works regularly with leading composers and ensembles such as BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, BCMG, Britten Sinfonia, Composers Ensemble.

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