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Matt Wright
Matt Wright

Matt Wright is a composer, producer and sound designer based in Kent, UK.

His diverse output across avant electronics, chamber composition and collaborations with dance, theatre and film has been presented at the Sydney Opera House, Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), Muziekcentrum ann 't Ij (Amsterdam), Kim Ma Theatre (Hanoi), Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), Abbey Road Studios, Tate Britain, The National Theatre, The Queen Elizabeth Hall and Café OTO (London).

He has collaborated with some of the most dynamic artists in the contemporary sphere, including Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Ikue Mori, Claron McFadden, B’Rock Orchestra, Spring Heel Jack, Ensemble Klang, Neil Charles, Alexander Hawkins and Elaine Mitchener. He was musical director for Network at the National Theatre, starring Bryan Cranston.

His work is released on Relative Pitch Records (New York City); Psi, Migro and Extra Normal (UK); Ensemble Klang (The Hague) and Intakt (Zurich). He studied contemporary and experimental music with Louis Andriessen, Martijn Padding and Richard Ayres at The Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands; with Richard Steinitz and Christopher Fox at the University of Huddersfield; with Roger Redgate at Goldsmiths and with Steve Martland in London.

He is Professor of Composition and Sonic Art at Canterbury Christ Church University and an Associate Researcher at the Orpheus Institute, Ghent.