Simon Katan

Simon Katan

Composer and performer, living and working in East London, whose diverse activities include acoustic and electro-acoustic composition, interactive sound installations, performance art, and game design.

He studied a BA in music at the Welsh College of Music andDrama (2001), an Mmus in composition at Goldsmiths University (2005) and is currently workingon his PhD as an Isambard Research Scholar at Brunel University. Simon is also an SPNMshortlisted composer.

His work has been shown, played and performed at Spitalfields Festival, Royal Festival Hall, King’s Place, Sonic Expo, Sonorities Festival, Royal College of Art, Siobahn Davies Dance Studios, Barbican, The ICA, Battersea Arts Centre, Borealis Festitval, the RoundHouse and in many other settings.

In the next few months Simon looks forward to completing commissions from Sound and Music and Spitalfields Festival. He is a committed educationalist, running workshops and teaching composition in schools and other institutions including the Southbank Centre, and was an apprentice animateur for the Spitalfields Festival in 2008.

http://www.simonkatan.co.uk/