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Roger Redgate is a British composer, conductor and improvisor. He attended the Royal College of Music, studying with Edwin Roxburgh and Lawrence Casserley. Under a DAAD (German Academic Exchange) scholarship he also studied with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber in Freiburg. In 1984, with the new complexity composers Richard Barrett and Michael Finnissy, he co-founded Ensemble Exposé.[1]

Redgate has worked in the fields of jazz, improvised music, film and television. He composed the scores for a number of Ian Cottage's early short films, including Small Gestures (1995), Mangetout (1996) and Igloo (1998). His piano works have been recorded by Nicolas Hodges.[2]

In September 1996 Redgate took up the position of Professor in Composition and Director, Contemporary Music Research at Goldsmiths, University of London.[3] His compositions are published by Editions Henry Lemoine, Paris, United Music Publishers, London and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.[4]

References

Sources

• Anon. (n.d.). "Ensemble Exposé". www.rogerredgate.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
• Barrett, Richard. 1995. "Critical/Convulsive: The Music of Roger Redgate". Contemporary Music Review 13:133–46.
• Fox, Christopher. 2001. "Redgate, Roger (John)". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

External links

• http://www.ump.co.uk/
• United Music Profile
• Editions Lemoine Profile
• https://soundcloud.com/roger-redgate

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