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Aaron Holloway Nahum

Composer : Conductor : Recording Engineer

Aaron Holloway-Nahum (b. 1983) is one of his generation’s leading composers, conductors and recording engineers.   

Characterized by experimental narrative structures, a growing interested in live multi-media, detailed, ornate timbres and bold melodic unisons, Aaron’s music has been performed in nearly twenty countries. He was one of two composers on the 2018/19 Peter Eötvös Foundation inaugural mentoring programme and his commissions include the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Plural Ensemble, The Pannon Philharmonic, HOCKET, the London Sinfonietta, Third Coast Percussion, Ensemble Chartreuse, duo Harperc and the Atea Wind Quintet.

Aaron’s career combines this compositional knowledge with a variety of additional skills: As a conductor and arts entrepreneur, he most prominently serves as the conductor, Chief Executive, and co-Artistic Director of Riot Ensemble, an organization that gives more than thirty performances per year and has premiered over 350 original works. A growing interest in spatial audio – alongside is experience as a recording engineer and managing director of Coviello Productions (the Arditti Quartet, Sandbox Percussion, Ensemble Intercontemporain, etc…) recently led Aaron into a role as the Head of Soundscape with Southby Productions. Aaron is on the composition faculty of the Royal Academy of Music, and he lives in London with his wife and three sons. 

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I contemplate making a libretto

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Weird aftertaste: I Slow Down

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