Thomas Meadowcroft

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_{directly: t dot meadowcroft at web de}

_{or, for bookings, Philippa Allan: p a at realarts dot eu}

about

_{Thomas Meadowcroft composes and arranges music for the concert hall, theater and radio. His work has been described as “reaching an inexpressible purity” (Le Monde), “dreamy post-rock” (The New York Times), “never-ending, sugar-sweet” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), “motorized nostalgia” (The Scotsman, Glasgow), and ‘hauntingly beautiful” (Sydney Morning Herald). Thomas has worked with an array of orchestras and ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, Les Percussion de Strasbourg, Mädchenchor der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Speak Percussion, the South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, members of the South West German Radio Big Band, members of the St Louis Symphony, and the New York ensemble, Yarn/Wire. Recent projects include: the solo piano piece, ‘All Possible Combinations’ for Vicki Ray; ‘Love Songs without Subjects’ for Ditte Marie Braein and the Norwegian ensemble, ’Asamisimasa’, and; orchestral arrangements of the music of Herbert Grönemeyer for ‘Pferd Frisst Hut’ at the Comic Opera Berlin, Ruhrtriennale and Theater Basel. Australian by birth, Thomas studied composition with George Crumb in the USA, before moving to Berlin in 1998. His music is released on Mode Records, New York.}