Hugh Brunt

Hugh Brunt (born 1986) is a British conductor who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Career

Brunt first came to attention of composer Paul Patterson while still a schoolboy. Brunt attended New College, Oxford where he was a choral scholar. Brunt was one of the founders of the London Contemporary Orchestra in 2008, along with violist Robert Ames. Brunt and Ames had been friends from university. He conducted Shiva Feshareki's "TTKonzert" which was nominated for a British Composer Award in 2010. Brunt conducted Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 film The Master. He has also collaborated with artists including Imogen Heap,Ron Arad,Belle & Sebastian and Foals.

Critical reception

In a positive review of a 2010 LCO concert, Geoff Brown of The Times wrote that "Brunt's conducting of every bar, from the opening buzzing bass line to the sudden consonant end assertive, was graceful, just like the music. Wonderful."

London Contemporary Orchestra

The London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO) is an ensemble of young musicians formed in 2008 whose stated aim is "to explore and promote new music to an increasingly wide audience". LCO staged its inaugural season at LSO St Luke's and has since performed at venues and festivals including the Roundhouse, Latitude Festival, The Old Vic Tunnels, Snape Maltings, Southbank Centre, Spitalfields Music and Royal Opera House. In 2010 the LCO was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards (Audience Development category).

2008 - present

Overview

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, based initially in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history, the orchestra gave the bulk of its concerts at the City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 2004, the orchestra has been resident at Sage Gateshead. In June 2013, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the title 'Royal' on the orchestra, formally naming it the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Michael Hall founded the ensemble in 1958 as the first permanent chamber orchestra in Britain. The ensemble gave its first concert on 24 September 1958 as the 'Sinfonia Orchestra', at the City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, and gave six concerts in its first season, 1958-1959. Hall acted as the organization's single leader, in effect as "general manager, secretary, artistic director, conductor and fund-raiser", though without a formal title. The word 'Northern' was added to the orchestra's name in 1959 to give the name of 'Northern Sinfonia'. The orchestra became an established institution in 1959, with Humphrey Noble chosen as the first chairman of the ensemble's management committee. Hall resigned from the orchestra in 1964 but returned as a guest conductor in subsequent years. After Hall's departure, Rudolf Schwarz and Boris Brott took over musical leadership of the ensemble in parallel, with Schwarz being the first titled artistic director of the ensemble. Keith Statham served as the orchestra's general manager from 1966 to 1974.

Chris Hopewell

Chris Hopewell is an English music video director. He has directed videos for Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Louis XIV, The Knife, The Offspring ("You're Gonna Go Far, Kid") and several other bands. His video for Radiohead's "There There" received an award for art direction at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.

His most recent work is co-directing with Crispin Mills on the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg.

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Nigel Godrich

Nigel Timothy Godrich (born 28 February, 1971) is an English record producer, recording engineer and musician. He is best known for his work with the English rock band Radiohead, with whom he has produced seven studio albums. Often referred to as the "sixth member" of the band, Godrich has also worked extensively with the band's frontman Thom Yorke on his solo material, and is a member of the experimental rock acts Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta.

Other acts Godrich has worked with include Paul McCartney, Travis, Beck, Ride, Pavement, Air, Natalie Imbruglia, The Divine Comedy, U2 and R.E.M.

Biography

Early years

Nigel Godrich was born in Westminster, London, the son of a BBC sound supervisor. He was educated at William Ellis School in North London. where he shared classes with his friend and future Zero 7 member Henry Binns. Originally a musician (a guitarist inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa), he became interested in sound engineering and studied at the School of Audio Engineering. After graduating, Godrich became a junior staff member at the Audio One studio complex, working primarily as "a tea boy."