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Andrew Lewis

Andrew Lewis’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA…

Andrew Lewis has received awards at the following contests:

  • Ars Electronica Forum Wallis, Leuk (Switzerland): 2024
  • Concours biennal de composition acousmatique Métamorphoses, Ohain (Belgium): 2024
  • Concours international de composition électroacoustique Klang!, Montpellier (Hérault, France): 2016, 2018
  • Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997
  • Concurso de Composición Electroacústica Destellos, Mar del Plata (Argentina): 2017, 2024
  • Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP), São Paulo (Brazil): 2003
  • EAR — Hungarian Radio’s International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Budapest (Hungary): 1997
  • MA/IN Matera Intermedia Competition, Matera (Italy): 2023
  • Musica Nova International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Prague (Czech Republic): 2013
  • Prix Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria): 1993
  • Prix CIME: 2023
  • Stockholm Electronic Arts Award, Stockholm (Sweden): 1994

Andrew Lewis read music at the University of Birmingham (UK) between 1981 and ’84, and subsequently studied composition there with Jonty Harrison, completing a doctorate in 1991. He was one of the original members of BEAST, and throughout the 1980s and early ’90s worked with them on many electroacoustic concerts and events.

His output is predominantly acousmatic music, but he also composes for conventional forces (chamber, vocal, orchestral) with or without electronics. His music has won several prizes, awards and mentions: PRS (UK), Euphonie d’or (Bourges, France), Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden), Hungarian Radio, British Arts Council Bursary, Noroit (France), ARTS XXI (Valencia, Spain), CIMESP (São Paulo, Brazil).

He is Professor of Music at Bangor University (Wales, UK), where he heads composition studies and directs the work of the Electroacoustic Music Studios. He also directs Electroacoustic Wales, which acts as a focus for the creation and dissemination of electroacoustic music throughout Wales.

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Andrew Lewis

Sutton in Ashfield (England, UK), 1963

Residence: Bangor (Wales, UK)

  • Composer

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Andrew Lewis [Photo: Bea Borgers, Brussels (Belgium), October 27, 2018]
Andrew Lewis [Photo: Bea Borgers, Brussels (Belgium), October 27, 2018]

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