Meet the acclaimed Welsh-born composer Stephen Goss and journey with him through his eclectic musical palette, as the New Music Studio and Guitar Ensemble explore his music, through works featuring guitar, percussion and mixed ensemble. Co-presented with Guitar Perspectives.

Stephen Goss’s music receives hundreds of performances worldwide each year and has been recorded on over 70 CDs by more than a dozen record labels, including EMI, Decca, Telarc, Virgin Classics, Naxos, and Deutsche Grammophon. His varied output includes orchestral and choral works, chamber music, and solo pieces.

Recent work includes several projects with the guitarist John Williams, who has recorded and toured Steve’s Guitar Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Steve’s music has been performed by many of the world’s leading orchestras including: The Russian National Orchestra (under Mikhail Pletnev), The China National Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

He has worked with Takemitsu, Henze, Peter Maxwell Davies and Elliott Carter, and toured and recorded extensively with the Tetra Guitar Quartet, various other ensembles, and as a soloist.

Stephen Goss is Chair of Composition at the University of Surrey, Director of the International Guitar Research Centre and a Professor of Guitar at the Royal Academy of Music.

“Stephen Goss draws on a variety of sources for his eminently listenable music. Despite the eclectic nature of his influences, Goss’s musical language comes across as brilliantly integrated.” - International Record Review

"The Music of Stephen Goss" will be performed by Conservatorium staff and students to mark the visit of Stephen Goss to the Conservatorium.

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