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Robert Saxton is a British composer who was born on 8 October, 1953 in London, United Kingdom. He studied at the Royal College of Music and the University of York, and has since become one of the most respected composers in the UK. He has written works for a variety of ensembles, including the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also written several operas, including The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and The Magic Flute.
Saxton has won numerous awards for his compositions, including the Royal Philharmonic Society's Composer of the Year Award in 2002, and the British Composer Award for Orchestral Music in 2004. He has also been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of York and the University of Birmingham.
As of 2021, Robert Saxton's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.
| Popular As |
Robert Louis Alfred Saxton |
| Occupation |
Composer |
| Age |
71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
8 October, 1953 |
| Birthday |
8 October |
| Birthplace |
London |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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Robert Saxton Height, Weight & Measurements
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Robert Saxton Net Worth
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Robert Saxton's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Robert Saxton's Quartet No. 3 was commissioned by the Southbank Centre, London and premiered by the Arditti Quartet in May 2011. He wrote a song cycle for the Oxford Lieder Festival for 2012 for baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Andrew West which toured the UK. Recent recordings include a trumpet concerto, 'Shakespeare Scenes', for Simon Desbruslais and the Orchestra of the Swan, released on Signum in 2014 and his radio opera, The Wandering Jew, was released on NMC in June 2011.
Works include Ring Time (1994), A Yardstick to the Stars (1995), Canticum Luminis (1995), Music for St Catharine for organ (1998), a sonata for solo cello (2000), Five Motets (2003), a radio opera The Wandering Jew (2010), Quartet No. 3 (2011).
Robert Saxton was Head of Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1991–97) and Head of Composition and Contemporary Music at the Royal Academy of Music from 1998 to 1999. He is currently Professor of Composition and Tutorial Fellow in Music at Worcester College, Oxford and is a Trustee of the Mendelssohn/Boise Foundation. He was awarded a doctorate of music at Oxford in 1992. His music from 1972 until 1998 was published by Chester/Music Sales, and since then by UYMP and Ricordi. Recordings have appeared on the Sony Classical, Hyperion, Metier, EMI, NMC, Signum and Divine Art labels. In 2015, he was elected an Hon Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]
Robert Saxton was born in London and started composing at the age of six. He was educated at Bryanston School. Guidance in early years from Benjamin Britten and Elisabeth Lutyens was followed by periods of study at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities with Robin Holloway and Robert Sherlaw Johnson respectively, and also with Luciano Berio. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in the Netherlands at the age of 21. In 1986 he was awarded the Fulbright Arts Fellowship to the USA, where he was in residence at Princeton and was assistant to Oliver Knussen at Tanglewood. In 1995 he co-directed the composers' course on Hoy, with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. He has directed the composers' course at Dartington International Summer School on several occasions and was artistic director of Opera Lab. He has also been a regular member of the BBC TV 4 (digital) Proms broadcasting commentary team and was a member of the Southbank Centre board for nine years. He is Composer in Association at the Purcell School.
Robert Saxton (born 8 October 1953 in London) is a British composer.
