Ben Nobuto

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Ben Nobuto is a British/Japanese composer, pianist and producer based in London. With a style described as ‘utterly contemporary’ (Manchester Collective) and ‘sonically dazzling’ (RPS Awards), his music explores themes of attention and fragmentation, drawing from internet culture and popular idioms in a playful, ironic and surreal manner. Often combining acoustic and electronic sounds, his interest lies in how processes from one can be applied to the other, and the relationship between the ‘human’ and ‘non-human’ in the context of a live performance. Ben graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2019, where he holds a BMus and MPhil Distinction-award degree in Music. He was the recipient of the 2019 Bliss Prize for composition. 

Previous commissions include works for the BBC Proms, Manchester Collective, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Choir, Colin Currie Quartet and BBC Singers. His music has featured on BBC Radio 3, 4 and 6, Times Radio and Resonance FM and has released on NMC Recordings and Nonclassical.