Richard Nye

Richard Nye is a composer and teacher based in the United Kingdom.

His instrumental and choral works have been performed by musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, recorded on CD and published.

He received his South Bank debut in 2001 with his work 8 'til Late for 8 hands on 2 pianos. This work was later included on the 2003 CD by Piano40 (Regent Records) and featured in an article in the Observer on Sunday.
His work Cave Paintings was recorded in Canada by the group Ephyra for their debut CD Modern Standards the same year that Michael Varner, professor of percussion at The University of Texas, Arlington, premiered Susvar for solo marimba. Susvar has since been toured by Michael.

In 2006 he was commissioned by The Cheltenham Bach Choir to write Colour Poems (featured) for their Gloucestershire Composers concert.
In 2010 his micro-opera Maybe I'm You, I'm Not Myself was performed in London by Warehouse Opera. Richard has recently completed compositions connected with works of art. Annunciation by American artist John Collier was one such project.

Another artist whose work has inspired Richard is Eric James Mellon. Eric's Circus Prints were the focus of a piece, Circus! for oboe, violin and piano, composed for the launch of Eric's new book Sixty five years of printmaking.
2013 saw Richard return to the South Bank, travel to Germany with Piano40, his New York debut with Bucca and the first performance of This Marvellous Machine at the Wigmore Hall, London.

Richard has recently completedon a large-scale media piece about the historic Levant Mine in Cornwall, a Christmas choral work for over 200 voices and a new multi-hand piano composition.