Matthew Hindson

about

Matthew Hindson (b. 1968) studied composition at the University of Sydney and at the University of Melbourne with composers including Peter Sculthorpe, Eric Gross, Brenton Broadstock and Ross Edwards. He is one of the most–performed and most–commissioned composers of his generation. Hindson's works have been performed by ensembles and orchestras throughout his native Australia, including most of its professional symphony orchestras and chamber groups. Overseas, his compositions have been presented throughout the Asia–Pacific, Europe and the US, and have been featured at such key events as the 1994 and 2000 Gaudeamus Music Weeks in Amsterdam, the 1997 ISCM Festival in Copenhagen and the 1998 Paris Composers Rostrum. His music often displays influences of popular music styles within a classical music context, and, as a result, musical elements such as driving repeated rhythms and loud dynamic levels are typically found in his works. Indeed, directness and immediacy are common features in the much of his music. In 1999 Hindson was the attached composer to the Sydney Symphony. He was also the attached composer with the Sydney Youth Orchestra in the same year. In 2002 he was the featured composer with Musica Viva Australia for whom he wrote a number of new commissions. In September 2003, Hindson was a featured composer at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in Wales, during which fourteen of his works were performed by a variety of ensembles. He was the attached composer to The Quee

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Matthew Hindson: Flute Concerto "House Music"

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Speed

Hindson, M.: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto No. 1 / Headbanger

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Kalkadungu Music For Didjeridu And Orchestra

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Sad Piano

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Hush Collection, Vol. 13: The Magic Island

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Matthew Hindson: Sad Piano

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String Lines

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Kalkadunga

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Infinite Heartbeat

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Fundamentals of Music 2

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Lament

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