Adrian Hull
Co-Director and Principal Conductor

Adrian Hull was born in Plymouth in 1976. He read music at King’s College London and the Royal Academy of Music; whilst there he studied composition with Silvina Milstein, Robert Keeley and Sir Harrison Birtwistle. After several years as a freelance musician, he returned to formal education studying for a PhD with Anthony Powers at Cardiff University.

Adrian has written for many of the leading ensembles across the country, including the Schubert Ensemble, Kokoro and Chroma. He has written three works for the LCMG (Quorum (2004), The Young Hegelian (2005) and Communicare (2007)).

Alongside his work as a composer, Adrian is active as both a pianist and conductor; he is currently principle conductor of the LCMG, and has recently worked with several Cardiff University ensembles and (in workshops) with Jac van Steen and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He is also an experienced MD having most recently directed Bernstein's West Side Story.

Adrian’s music is characterised by its finely wrought construction and incredible attention to detail; his ear for sound and texture along with a sensual use of harmony has been noted by many and is a hallmark of his work. He draws his inspiration from diverse sources, quite often highlighting a sense of conflict and opposition between two forces. Although his work is often dark-hued in nature there is often an underlying sense of playful iconoclasm, this no doubt inherited from his studies with Birtwistle.

Other current engagements include research into ‘Time in Music’ from a composer's viewpoint, continued work on his book of piano studies Octamorous Rituals, a new work being written in collaboration with the cellist Gabriella Swallow (Three Agitations) and a Song Cycle, The Smuggler's Banker set to a text by Jack Middleton.

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For further information please see www.arcomis.com/adrianhull

email: adrian@lcmg.org.uk