Larry Goves (born 1980 in

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, Wales) is a British composer. A PhD student at the University of Southampton, his tutor is

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. In addition to Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies at the

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, he has studied privately with Richard Barrett and

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. He has received commissions from the

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, the

London Sinfonietta The London Sinfonietta is an English contemporary chamber music, chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London. The ensemble has headquarters at Kings Place and is Resident Orchestra at the Southbank Centre. Since its inaugural concert ...

, the

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and many others. He is a founder and performer with the ensemble the House of Bedlam. His music has been broadcast by

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. The chamber piece ''walking underground'' (2000) was recorded by the

on the NMC label, as has his solo oboe piece ''the tentacles of memory'' (2003), released on Dutton Epoch. Goves has been serving as Head of School of Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music since 2023. In 2011, Goves' work ''Virtual Airport'' was nominated for the Chamber-Scale Composition Prize at the

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. In 2023 Goves received an

Ivor Novello Award The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Welsh entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and Musical composition, composing. They have been presented annually in London by the The Ivors Academy, Ivors Academy, formerly called the Britis ...

nomination at The Ivors Classical Awards 2023. ''Crow Rotations'' for soprano, flute/alto flute, alto saxophone, cello and electronics was nominated for Best Small Chamber Composition.

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Larry Goves
London Sinfonietta profile
Larry Goves

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biography
Larry Goves
''Exchange and Return'' website profile

''Sounds Underground'' website profile
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