Lynne Plowman

British

Summary

Lynne Plowman’s compositions range from delicate instrumental solos to dramatic large-scale vocal, theatrical and orchestral works. Commissioners and collaborators include Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the London Mozart Players, Presteigne Festival, Piano Circus, Okeanos, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers.

Awards include a British Composer Award (2003) for her first opera, Gwyneth and the Green Knight, described in the Times as "One of the most brilliantly accomplished new operas I have heard in many a year”. A ‘Creative Wales Award’ in 2012 supported Lynne’s orchestral writing - Catching Shadows was premiered by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. "The result is a thrilling muscularity and sureness of design.” (Wales Arts Review, 2016)

Lynne Plowman is a composition tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and resident composer for the Dyfed Young Composers scheme. In 2017/2018, Lynne is supported by the PRSF/Esmee Fairbairn Composers Fund.

www.lynneplowman.co.uk

Biography

Lynne Plowman’s compositions range from delicate instrumental solos to dramatic large-scale vocal, theatrical and orchestral works. Commissioners and collaborators include Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the London Mozart Players, Presteigne Festival, Piano Circus, Okeanos, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers.

Awards include a British Composer Award (2003) for her first opera, Gwyneth and the Green Knight, described in the Times as "One of the most brilliantly accomplished new operas I have heard in many a year”. A ‘Creative Wales Award’ in 2012 supported Lynne’s orchestral writing - Catching Shadows was premiered by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. "The result is a thrilling muscularity and sureness of design.” (Wales Arts Review, 2016)

Lynne Plowman is a composition tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and resident composer for the Dyfed Young Composers scheme. In 2017/2018, Lynne is supported by the PRSF/Esmee Fairbairn Composers Fund.

www.lynneplowman.co.uk

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