Cameron Sinclair is a composer and percussionist whose music is influenced by his many years as a performer, touring the world with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Glyndebourne.
Major commissions include an orchestral work for the Venice Biennale, where he conducted musicians from L’Orchestra di Udine in Il Terzo Paradiso, a large-scale artistic takeover of the island of San Servolo in collaboration with artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. He also composed a work for the opening event of the Turin Festival, which brought musicians representative of the ethnic diversity of the city together with a classical chamber orchestra. The work, La Città Invisibile, was premiered at the Teatro Regio in a joyous celebration of cross-cultural collaboration. He recently directed his choral and orchestral work Constellations at the Royal Albert Hall, which featured over a thousand performers.
During his time as Associate Composer for the professional choral group Singscape, he composed numerous works, including The Secret of the Universe, which won a British Composer’s Award. He was subsequently commissioned by Harlow Chorus to write a choir and orchestra work, Say I Am You, which was performed by the Britten Sinfonia. Other compositions have been performed by the Philharmonia, New Noise, Ensemble Bash, Malaysian Philharmonic, and Joanna MacGregor. He also collaborated with Joanna on her critically acclaimed album Neural Circuits and conducted her in Nitin Sawhney’s Urban Prophecies at the BBC Proms.
He is an Associate Artist with Aproxima, an art collective based in Scotland, appearing most recently as Music Director for Glasgow Requiem: The Well Within, a semi-staged performance in Glasgow Cathedral, for the city’s 850th charter celebrations. He also collaborated on their site- specific show Over Lunan, which won an award for Outstanding Cultural Event and his work with Angus Farquhar (Test Department), fusing energetic marimba playing and electronic music, was greeted with critical acclaim after their performances for the National Theatre, Scotland. He has also directed collaborations with the Royal National Theatre and Tate Gallery, and worked with scientists on a commission for the Creating Sparks Festival that was inspired by neuroscientists and hearing specialists about how the brain processes sound. He was awarded an International Fellowship of the Arts Council to support his residency at Cittadellarte, where he produced works in association with visual artists that have been exhibited throughout Europe and has also produced several installations with long-standing collaborator Alexandra Julyan for the ISCM World Music Days, Wapping Power Station and Helix Arts.