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Aaron Holloway Nahum Aaron Holloway-Nahum CV Page 1 of 4 PROFILE American composer, conductor and recording engineer Aaron Holloway-Nahum (b. 1983) is one of the foremost musicians and musical entrepreneurs in the UK new music scene. In 2012, he founded Te Riot Ensemble, which now has an annual turnover of more than £200,000, and gives 30 concerts across the UK and internationally each year. He is also the managing director and engineer for Coviello Music Productions - a high- end audio production company affiliated with the Coviello Classics label in Germany, which releases 15-20 CDs each year. He writes music characterised by detailed and ornate timbres, bold melodic unisons, and experimental narrative structures. His music has been commissioned by ensembles and soloists such as the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, UMZE Ensemble (Budapest), Tird Coast Percussion, London Sinfonietta, and HOCKET. He has held fellowships with Peter Eötvös, and at Tanglewood (2015), Bang on a Can (2015), Aspen (2014), Cheltenham (2013), Dartington (2011), Etchings (2012, 2013) and highSCORE (2012), and in 2014 undertook an eight-week Copland House Residency. Alongside concert music, Aaron has written music for theatre, dance and flm - including a full length feature-flm score recorded in Abbey Road Studios. Aaron is a guest lecturer at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the current teaching fellow at Royal Holloway University (London) and his writing on contemporary music features regularly on I Care If you Listen and New Music Box, and in professional journals such as Tempo. CAREER HISTORY 2012 - Present Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Te Riot Ensemble http://www.riotensemble.com | Charity No. 1178276 Job Responsibilities: Board liaison (7 Trustees) and secretary. Finances, Contracts, Website, Social Media (incl. graphic design), Booking, Promotions, AV Recordings, Chief Conductor. Projected Annual Budget 2018: £163,500 2016 - Present Managing Director, Coviello Music Productions http://www.coviellomusic.com Job Responsibilities: Finances, Contracts, Marketing, Graphic Design Audio/Video Recordings including producing and post-production Projected Annual Budget 2018: £38,500 2017 - Present Guest Lecturer, Darmstadt School of Applied Sciences http://www.h-da.de Job Responsibilities: Plans and convenes two courses each semester in music theory and history for music producers. 45 students in lectures, private tutorials and lessons, along with marking fnished recordings. 2018 - Present Technical Director Ensemble Nikel http://ensemblenikel.com/ Job Responsibilities: Compiling technical riders and assisting composers with technology requirements and execution for new commissions. Liaising with festivals and performance venues on schedule, technical requirements and repertoire. Client communications and digital recordings, social media and website. POST PHONE EMAIL WEB 49A CHESTER WAY +44.7876.504072 [email protected] AARONHOLLOWAYNAHUM.COM LONDON, SE11 4UR Aaron Holloway-Nahum CV Page 2 of 4 CAREER HISTORY (CONT…) 2017 - 2018 Teaching Fellow in Composition, Royal Holloway University http://www.royalholloway.ac.uk Job Responsibilities: Convened seven courses with more than 150 students. Private and group tutorials, pastoral care, department boards, organised and delivered all workshops and masterclasses, and lead marker on all convened courses. 2015-2017 Chief Accounts and Logistics Officer, Southby Productions http://www.southby-productions.co.uk/ Job Responsibilities: Chief Accounts officer (Sage Sofware, Tax Reports, Invoicing, Contracts, Payroll) and Warehouse work (inventory, prep, return, live sound). 2012-2016 Technical Manager, Christ Church Mayfair http://www.christchurchmayfair.org/ Job Responsibilities: Website design and upkeep. Graphic design. Video editing and production. Social Media, internal IT (computer networking, internal move to Google Apps and Church App, troubleshooting) 2008-2012 Assistant Administrator, Christ Church Mayfair http://www.christchurchmayfair.org/ Job Responsibilities: Finances (turnover of roughly £650,000) including invoices in and out, contracts, event budgeting/planning and production. Weekly service sheets and power-point presentations. General communication and e-mail. EDUCATION [ARAM, DMUS, MMUS, LRAM, BM] 2018-Present Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Imperial College, London. Expected January 2021. 2015 ARAM (Elected Associate for Contributions to the Music Sector) Te Royal Academy of Music 2008-2012 DMus in Music Composition Guildhall School of Music & Drama 2007-2008 Student Union President (Salaried Position) Te Royal Academy of Music 2005-2007 MMus in Music Composition LRAM in Teaching Music Composition Te Royal Academy of Music 2001-2005 BM in Music Composition BM (ad-hoc) in Orchestral Conducting Northwestern University POST PHONE EMAIL WEB 49A CHESTER WAY +44.7876.504072 [email protected] AARONHOLLOWAYNAHUM.COM LONDON, SE11 4UR Aaron Holloway-Nahum CV Page 3 of 4 SELECTED COMMISSIONS 2021 [Upcoming] • Te Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst [chamber opera] • Noyade [for Bass Clarinet and Accordion] Tzlil Meudchan • Goska Isphording and Karin Hellqvist - New Work [for harpsichord & violin with electronics] 2020 [Upcoming] • Ensemble Echapee: Henani [for two harp soloists and chamber orchestra] • Keuris Quartet: Like Hunting Bees [for saxophone quartet] 2019 [Upcoming] • Vernichtung (‘being made nothing’) for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra Horia Dumitrache, Soloist and Toby Tatcher, Conductor 14th November 2019 Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Pécs, Hungary • Like A Memory of Birds (ii) for mixed ensemble Commissioned by Peter Eötvös for Ensemble Plural, Madrid, April 2019 2018 • Ezra’s Nursery [for wind quintet] • String Trio: Words repeated arrive eventually and irresistibly at prayer [for string trio] • UMZE Ensemble: Te Long March [Ensemble L’Histoire du Soldat] 2017 • Duo Diamanda: Forever Fleeing Earth’s Pull [for fute and guitar] • Ben Roidl-Ward: Nyktomorph [for Bassoon and String Quartet] 2016 • Tird Coast Percussion: How Animals Grieve [for percussion quartet] • London Symphony Orchestra: Interaction II [for three players and video playback] • HOCKET: Remember Me? [for piano four hands & two toy pianos] 2015 • London Symphony Orchestra Anything But Real Time [for mixed ensemble] • Rough for Opera: Te Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst [for eight performers] 2014 • Britten Sinfonia Te Dialogue of Lunatic Hurricanes [for wind quintet] • Aspen Contemporary Ensemble Te Geometry of Clouds [for piano quartet] 2013 • BBC Symphony Orchestra Te Deeper Breath to Follow [for orchestra] • London Sinfonietta De Ce Trombonesti? [for alto trombone] • Cheltenham Music Festival/Dr. K Sextet Expressions of Sea Level [for mixed ensemble] IMPORTANT CONCERTS AND CURATORIAL ACTIVITY [CONDUCTOR/CURATOR] 2020 • Chaya Czernowin (Fast Darkness, a new commission for bass clarinet and low instruments); Clara Iannotta (new commission for chamber ensemble and electronics) 2019 • New Work by Georg Friedrich Haas (55-70 minutes, in darkness); Sur Incises (Boulez); Kit Downes and Alexander Hawkins new commissions; Ann Cleare (new commission); Evan Johnson (harpischord concerto) 2018 • Elliott Carter Double Concerto, Georg Friedrich Haas “….”, Dark Music Days (Iceland), Nordic Music Days (London, Sweden), Molly Jones (New Work), Funkhaus Radio: British Song Offerings (CD; Laurence Osborn, Jonathan Harvey, Samantha Fernando) and Huddersfeld Label (CD; Liza Lim, Anna Torvaldsdottir, Rebecca Saunders, Chaya Czernowin) 2017 • HCMFUK (2 world and 2 UK premieres), Liza Lim ‘Speak, Be Silent’ UK Premiere, Musica En Segura Festival Spain, Nordic Music Days, Southbank Centre, Mahogany Opera Group POST PHONE EMAIL WEB 49A CHESTER WAY +44.7876.504072 [email protected] AARONHOLLOWAYNAHUM.COM LONDON, SE11 4UR Aaron Holloway-Nahum CV Page 4 of 4 RECENT AWARDS / HONOURS / FELLOWSHIPS 2018 • Selected for the Peter Eötvös Mentorship Programme (2018/19) 2017 • Named a teaching fellow at Royal Holloway University (London) • Named a visiting professor at Hochschule Darmstadt (Germany) 2016 • Future music to be published via Composers Edition • USC Presser Foundation Award (Hocket) funding recording of Remember Me? 2015 • Tanglewood Music Centre Elliott Carter Memorial Composer Fellowship • Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) • Remember Me? (Part IV) World Premiere Mass MOCA Bang on a Can Festival, HOCKET piano duo. • Rough for Opera Second Movement selected composer. 2014 • Aspen Summer Music Festival Polonsky Fellow in Composition • Copland House, Five-Week Residency Award. SOFTWARE • PROFESSIONAL USE (AUDIO): SEQUOIA, PRO TOOLS, SIBELIUS, DORICO, OPEN MUSIC. • PROFESSIONAL USE (VIDEO): AFTER EFFECTS, PREMIERE PRO, PLURALEYES. • PROFESSIONAL USE (GRAPHIC): PHOTOSHOP, LIGHTROOM, INDESIGN, ILLUSTRATOR • PROFESSION USE (FINANCE/OFFICE): SAGE & SAGE ONE, EXCEL (NUMBERS), WORD (PAGES), POWER-POINT (KEYNOTE) REFERENCES • Peter Eötvös Composer and Conductor [email protected] • Martyn Brabbins, Conductor (current Artistic Director, ENO) [email protected] • Augusta Read Tomas University of Chicago [email protected] • Julian Anderson Guildhall School of Music & Drama [email protected] • Jonathan Freeman Attwood, Principal, Royal Academy of Music [email protected] POST PHONE EMAIL WEB 49A CHESTER WAY +44.7876.504072 [email protected] AARONHOLLOWAYNAHUM.COM LONDON, SE11 4UR Aaron Holloway-Nahum Works List | Page 1 of 5 LIST OF WORKS WITH PREMIERE
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