Sebastian Forbes
Biography
Sebastian Forbes is professor of music at the University of Surrey, where he is also director of music. His teaching covers a wide range of subjects besides composition, and in addition to this, he is active as a conductor and a record producer.
Significant commissions received by Sebastian include orchestral works for the BBC Proms and the Edinburgh Festival, and pieces for leading recitalists and chamber music groups. In 1997 he was awarded the Cambridge MusD for Composition.
Sebastian has composed for orchestras, ensembles, recitalists and choirs, including two settings for Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, of the Evening Canticles. Among works recorded on CD are Triple Canon for trumpet and digital delays and commissioned works for the Bristol and Ely Cathedrals, England. More recent works include Sonata-Rondo for Piano, Reflections for chamber organ and String Quartets nos. 4 and 5. His most recent premiere was Interplay 2 for four pianists (two pianos) at the Purcell Room, London in October 2002.