Rob Durnin: Thrall(s)
Rob is a 17-year-old composer and pianist from Nottinghamshire. He has been composing since the age of 13 and is currently a student at the Junior Department of the Royal Northern College of Music. His musical influences include the works of Scriabin, Harrison Birtwistle and Peter Maxwell Davies.
In 2014, Rob was selected as a Junior winner of the Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition. As part of his prize, Rob received a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú commission to write a short piece for chamber ensemble of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra musicians, taking ideas of memory, nature and freedom as a starting point.
Developed over a series of workshops with composer Martin Suckling, conductor Rumon Gamba and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Symphony Orchestra musicians, the final piece, Thrall(s), received its world-premiere at a Proms Extra event at the Royal College of Music on 8 August 2015.
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