'…one of the most courageous and uncompromising artists working today'

Richard Causton studied at the University of York, the Royal College of Music and the Scuola Civica in Milan with Franco Donatoni.  His music often challenges performers to reach unusual realms of expression to achieve his intentions - it may be an unusual instrument, or an unconventional tuning. He is an exceptionally adventurous and single-minded composer, gifted with a precise and individual aural imagination that can be breath-taking....[read full biography]