Phillip Venables - composer
Multi award-winning composer Philip chats with host Nina Brazier about how he works with his collaborators, how he creates work with such incredible visceral impact, and whether he feels that now is a time where the operatic form is changing for the better. His work has swept across the world’s stages over the last few years signalling a whole new brand of opera. His groundbreaking adaptation of Sarah Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis with director Ted Huffman won a host of awards and was described by the Observer as "challenging the conventions of opera". His second opera, Denis & Katya, again collecting awards, including most recently the Ivor Novello Award for Stage Works, confirmed his place as one of the foremost composers of his generation.