Kenneth Hesketh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kenneth Hesketh
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Jul 20, 1968(1968-07-20)
Age	56
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Kenneth Hesketh Biography

Kenneth Hesketh is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on July 20, 1968 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom.

Hesketh has received numerous commissions from international ensembles and organisations including the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, the Continuum Ensemble, a Faber Millennium Commission for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, the BBC Philharmonic, Hans Werner Henze and Endymion (in honour of Henze’s 75th birthday), the Munich Biennale, the Michael Vyner Trust for the London Sinfonietta, an ENO/Almeida joint commission, the 10/10 Ensemble and the Opera Group at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden.

Hesketh was born in Liverpool, and began composing whilst a chorister at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, completing his first work for orchestra at the age of thirteen. He received his first formal commission at nineteen for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Charles Groves. He studied at the Royal College of Music, London, with Edwin Roxburgh, Joseph Horovitz and Simon Bainbridge between 1987 and 1992 and attended Tanglewood in 1995 as the Leonard Bernstein Fellow where he studied with Henri Dutilleux. After completing a master’s degree in Composition at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, a series of awards followed: the Shakespeare Prize scholarship from the Toepfer Foundation, Hamburg at the behest of Sir Simon Rattle, an award from the Liverpool Foundation for Sport and the Arts, and on his return to London in 1999 Hesketh was awarded the Constant and Kit Lambert Fellowship at the Royal College of Music, with support from the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Kenneth Hesketh Net Worth

Kenneth Hesketh is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kenneth Hesketh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kenneth Hesketh (born 20 July 1968) is a British composer of contemporary classical music in numerous genres including opera, dance, orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo. He has also composed music for wind and brass bands as well as seasonal music for choir.

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Hesketh was a visiting guest composer at the Bowdoin Festival in the USA, and lectured on his works in Seoul, Korea at Yonsei and Ewha Universities. The first NMC recording devoted to large ensemble and orchestral works by the composer, titled “Wunderkammer(konzert)”, was released in 2013. Hesketh’s recent work for dance, Forms entangled, shapes collided, commissioned by ensemble Psappha and Phoenix Dance Theatre, through the support of The Royal Philharmonic Society Drummond Fund, toured nationally throughout 2013 with final performances in the Royal Opera House, Lindbury Theatre. In 2011 Notte Oscura for piano solo (Peter O’Hagan) was released on the UHR label, Point Forms (after Kandinsky) for Basset clarinet was released on the NMC label (Mark Simpson and Ian Buckle), and Three Japanese Miniatures was released on the Prima Facie label (Clare Hammond) in 2011 and in 2013 on the Teriyaki label (Hanna Shybayeva). Hesketh’s third CD was released in 2016 on the BIS label featuring works for solo piano, performed by the British pianist Clare Hammond. An orchestral portrait disc, Hesketh’s fourth disc, was released in 2018 to great critical acclaim, and Hesketh’s fifth portrait disc concentrating on music for 2 pianos and piano four hands, with the composer playing two solo works, will be released on the Prima Facie label, performed by the Françoise-Green piano duo in February 2019.

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Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kenneth Hesketh celebrates birthday on July 20 of every year.