Ian Vine

Ian Vine was born in England and spent his formative years in Libya and Hong Kong. His music is performed across Europe and has been broadcast worldwide. Commissioners of his work have included the London Sinfonietta, London Symphony Orchestra, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, sinfonia ViVA, Ensemble Recherche, and Matthew Herbert. He has received performances by, among others, the Hallé Orchestra, Ensemble 10/10, Kokoro, Psappha, 4-Mality, Radius, Continuum (Canada) and 175 East (New Zealand). His work has been released on Accidental and Kairos, and is distributed through the British Music Information Centre (BMIC) New Voices scheme.

Ian studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Anthony Gilbert and later privately with Simon Holt.

Ian lives in Manchester and is artistic director of first moon.

Ian's ocre oscuro was released on the fifth CD in the London Sinfonietta label's Jerwood series on 16 June 2009. For more information click here.

Photo © Sean Starke