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Paul Clift was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1978. After completing his undergraduate studies in composition in Melbourne, notably with Dr. Thomas Reiner, Paul moved abroad: he continued his studies in Paris with Jean-Luc Hervé & Philippe Leroux, and in London at King's College with Robert Keeley & George Benjamin. He has also taken part in Royaumont Voix Nouvelles, Centre Acanthes & Domaine Forget, allowing him further study with composers George Aperghis, Brian Ferneyhough, Michaël Levinas, Olga Neuwirth & Gerard Pesson, and in 2009 he will participate in the IMPULS composition conference with Beat Furrer. He is currently undertaking the Music Technology & Composition Cursus with Yann Maresz at the IRCAM in Paris, for which he received a grant from the Australian Council for the Arts. Paul's works have been performed in many countries throughout the world by ensembles such as Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Quebec), Ensemble Contrechamps (Switzerland), The Lontano Ensemble (U.K), & Ensemble L'Itinéraire (France). In 2006 he co-founded, alongside Columbian composer Juan Camillo Hernandez Sanchez & American composer Christopher Trapani, the Paris-based composition collective 3 Hémisphères, which is dedicated to the performance and diffusion of young non-European composers in France. Ever frustrated with the limited opportunities for composers in Australia, Paul plans to institute a Summer new-music festival in south-eastern Australia, based on European & North American models. Paul also maintains his own web-site: www.paulclift.net |
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