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Matthew Hindson (1968)<br />
Hindson was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in 1968. He studied<br />
composition at the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne with composers including Peter<br />
Sculthorpe, Eric Gross, Brenton Broadstock and Ross Edwards.<br />
His music often displays influences of popular music styles within a classical music context,<br />
and, as a result, musical elements such as driving repeated rhythms and high dynamic levels<br />
are typically found in his works. Indeed, directness and immediacy are common features in<br />
much of his music.<br />
Hindson’s works have been performed by ensembles and orchestras throughout Australia,<br />
including most of its professional symphony orchestras and chamber groups. Overseas, his<br />
compositions have been presented in New Zealand, Germany, France, Austria, the United<br />
Kingdom, Holland, Portugal, the USA, Japan, Malaysia, Canada, and Thailand.<br />
In 1999 Hindson was the attached composer to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra; his<br />
In Memoriam: Amplified Cello Concerto, which was written during this time, was nominated for<br />
an APRA-AMC award for Best Orchestral Work of 2001. In 2002 the Sydney Dance Company<br />
toured Australia to much acclaim with Ellipse, a new 90-minute production that broke box<br />
office records for the SDC and was performed entirely to Hindson’s music. Hindson was the<br />
attached composer to the Queensland Orchestra for their 2003/04 season, which resulted in<br />
his Percussion Concerto, written for Dame Evelyn Glennie and premiered in Brisbane in 2006.<br />
Other notable compositions include his flute concerto House Music for American flautist<br />
Marina Piccinini, which was premiered with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in<br />
2006, and his Concerto for Two Pianos (2011) written for Pascal and Ami Rogé. The London<br />
Philharmonic Orchestra have performed several of Hindson’s short orchestral pieces; in 2009<br />
the orchestra premiered his work Dangerous Creatures, commissioned by them for their sellout<br />
FunHarmonics series family concerts in the Royal Festival Hall. Hindson wrote the music<br />
PE046 – iii
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