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unusual facts about New Complexity


New Complexity

In the UK, particularly at the instigation of ensembles Suoraan and later Ensemble Exposé (the latter begun by composers Roger Redgate and Richard Barrett), works by "New Complexity" composers were for some time frequently programmed together with then unfashionable non-UK composers including Xenakis and Feldman, but also such diverse figures as Clarence Barlow, Hans-Joachim Hespos and Heinz Holliger.



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Neil March

He then studied with David Sutton-Anderson, also receiving some instruction from Avril Anderson at Birkbeck, University of London in 2006/7 before studying for his masters (mmus.) in music composition at Goldsmiths, University of London with the New Complexity Composer Roger Redgate from 2008 to 2010 and receiving some assistance from Russian composer Dmitry Smirnov.