Cameron Sinclair is a Scottishcomposer and percussionist based in London. In 2004 he was nominated for a British Composer Award for The Secret of the Universe. In 2002 he was awarded a Fellowship from the Arts Council of England to become Artist in Residence at Cittadellarte, an institution directed by world-renowned visual artist Michelangelo Pistoletto dedicated to cross-disciplinary work in Northern Italy. In 2003, he was Music Director and arranger for English Pocket Opera's new version of Carmen, which involved hundreds of Islington schoolchildren alongside a professional cast. In 1998 he was Artistic Director of Centre Stage, an Arts Council of England project, creating a new opera for 1000 young people throughout London, performed as a professional National Theatre production. In 2000 he made his conducting debut at the BBC Proms, directing Nitin Sawhney's Urban Prophecies with Joanna MacGregor, Ensemble Bash and tabla player Aref Durvesh at the Royal Albert Hall. He also conducted a recording of the piece for the Soundcircus label. He is Director of the Vietato L'Accesso Festival, which took place in Biella, Italyin September 2003. Devised in collaboration with visual artists, architects, environmentalists and local food producers, the festival was a series of events, including a participative concert La Memoria dell'Acqua, which invited local people to become involved in the regeneration of old industrial buildings and change their perceptions of the neglected river area. Site-specific work includes an installation for Michelangelo Pistoletto's Arte al Centro exhibition in Turin, Italy, which is on a European tour, featuring so far in galleries in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Zurich. Other major installations integrating sound, art and performance include Safe and Sound, commissioned by Helix Arts for the City of Sunderland and Corridors of Power, selected for the International Society of Contemporary Music Festival and awarded the SPNM Butterworth Prize for new work.
Works
Works include
La Città Invisibile, commissioned by the Turin Biennial 2003 and performed in the Teatro Regio conducted by the composer, which brought together a classical chamber orchestra with groups of Indian, Egyptian, Tibetan and Cuban musicians to create the opening event of the festival.
The Fly, integrating live electronics and performance, commissioned by New Noise and first performed at the Purcell Room, London at the Rhythm Sticks Festival and recorded for New Noise's CD released in June 2003
Striking Distance, for the Orchestra of St. John's
A sound installation at the Wapping Pumphouse as part of the SPNM 2003 festival
