Composer
Saunders, Rebecca
British ex-pat New Music composer based in Germany (born 1967)
b. 1967
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1967
- Birthplace
- Greater London
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Rebecca Saunders (born 19 December 1967) is a London-born composer who lives and works freelance in Berlin. In a 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, Saunders' compositions received the third highest total number of votes (30), surpassed only by the works of Georg Friedrich Haas (49) and Simon Steen-Andersen (35). In 2019, writers of The Guardian ranked Skin (2016) the 16th greatest work of art music since 2000, with Tom Service writing that "Saunders burrows into the interior world of the instruments, and inside the grain of Fraser's voice [...] and finds a revelatory world of heightened feeling.". Her opera Lash – Acts of Love was premiered at Deutsche Oper Berlin in mid-2025 to critical acclaim.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; classical violinist
- Teachers
- Wolfgang Rihm; Nigel Osborne; Peter Nelson
- Career institutions / employers
- Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media; Konzerthaus Dortmund
- Recorded memberships
- Academy of Arts, Berlin; Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts; Sächsische Akademie der Künste
- Instruments played
- violin
- Notable works
- Miniata
- Awards
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize; Mauricio Kagel Music Prize; Hindemith Prize; Busoni Composition Award; Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
- Official website
- https://www.rebeccasaunders.net
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 228062636
- ISNI
- 0000000114761626
- GND ID
- 131758357
- Library of Congress ID
- no2002033659
- MusicBrainz ID
- 573c07e0-9256-43de-8de8-b21e1b05577b
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
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| Song | See work details |
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 228062636.