Thomas Hyde

Thomas Hyde is a composer described by Opera Magazine as 'clearly his own man on his own turf' whose works are increasingly performed in Britain and abroad. Born in London he studied at Oxford University and the Royal Academy of Music where his teachers included Robert Saxton, Simon Bainbridge and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. He was Manson Junior Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music (2001-2) and more recently has taught at City University and Worcester College, Oxford. Since 2016 he has been Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Music at King's College, London. In 2017 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Thomas Hyde's largest work to date is the one-man opera, That Man Stephen Ward, premiered to great acclaim in 2008 and recently revived by Nova Music Opera at the Cheltenham Festival in 2015. A commercial recording, featuring Damian Thantrey in the title role, will be issued by Resonus Classics in autumn 2017. Other notable works include a string quartet (2009-10), a violin sonata for Jennifer Pike (2012), a piano trio (2016), and a series of choral works. Guild Records issued a disc devoted to his chamber music in 2012.