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Jonathan Cooper has established an international reputation composing music for theatre and television. In addition, his CDs 'A Cabinet of Curiosities', 'Anon', 'SLEEP' and 'The Moon behind the clouds' have all been broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Beginning his career as a performer, Jonathan was principal clarinet of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain before studying music at St. Catherines College, Oxford and subsequently the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Jonathan performs as a Music Director for both The National Theatre and The David Glass Ensemble and in addition to keyboards and clarinet plays many ethnic instruments including the Vietnamese dan bau, the Chinese ba-wu and the Cambodian flute.
Jonathan's website can be found at www.jonathancooper.com
As a Composer, credits include:
Theatre:
2006:
- The Pandora Effect and The Frozen Sea
- Chelsea Theatre/Birmingham Rep - Directed by Gary Carter
- Exiles
- National Theatre - Directed by James Macdonald
- Revelations
- Stan Won't Dance, QEH and UK tour - Directed by Liam Steele
- The Thought That Counts
- Barbican, theatre-rites - Directed by Sue Buckmaster
- Beauty and the Beast
- Belgrade Theatre - Directed by John Wright
- Masque of Water
- Thomas/Carter Projects, UK Tour - Directed by Gary Carter
- Disembodied
- David Glass Ensemble, UK Tour, South Korea and Hong Kong - Directed by Tom Morris and David Glass
- The Moon Behind the Clouds
- Battersea Opera Festival - Directed by Kevin Walton
- Sinner
- Stan Won't Dance - South Bank Centre and UK Tour
- Namesake
- A collaboration with performance artist Joshua Sofaer. UK Tour including Tate Britain
- His Girl Friday
- Royal National Theatre - Directed by Jack O'Brien
- The Chimp That Spoke
- David Glass Ensemble - UK Tour 2003
- The Wizard of Oz
- Arranged for The West Yorkshire Playhouse. Directed by Jude Kelly
- Flugjandi Fiskar/National Theatre of Iceland (Theatre and Television versions produced in Iceland, Finland and London 2001/2)
- The Red Thread - A Requiem
- David Glass Ensemble - commissioned by The Arts Council of England, international and UK tours 2000
- The Lost Child and The Hansel and Gretel Machine
- David Glass Ensemble international and UK tours 1998-1999
- Off the Wall
- commissioned by Polka Theatre based on works in Tate Britain and Tate Modern . Toured UK 1997 - 2002
- Service
- Channel 4/IWC Media - Short Film
- Melusine
- Viper Productions - French Short Film
- Pyramid
- BBC 1/Discovery Channel
- The Cost of Living
- DV8 - Short Film for Channel 4
- Dance out Loud
- DGE Productions - Vietnamese TV
- Fisheries at the Millennium
- Arcticfilm Productions. SC1 Iceland
- Behind Bars
- BBC 2
- Medea
- Icelandic TV
- We the People
- Carlton TV
- Maradonna
- Channel 4
- British Gas
- Nissan Almera
2005:
2004:
2003:
2002:
2001:
- Medea
1998-2000:
1997:
Television:
Commercials:
As a Music Director and Performer credits include:
Barb Jungr's
- 'Love me Tender' CD (Linn Records)
Royal National Theatre:
- Hamlet
- Amy's View
- Macbeth
- Angels in America
David Glass Ensemble:
- La Dolce Vita
- Gormenghast
- The Red Thread
- The Lost Child
- The Hansel and Gretel Machine
Performed in Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Bosnia, Cambodia, Phillipines, Hong Kong, UK, Germany, Slovakia
OPERA CIRCUS:
- King Stag
- Cat Man's Tale
- 'A Cabinet of Curiosities'
- Featuring vocals by Barb Jungr, Kevin Walton, Natalie Gamsu and Lewis Batterham
- Music for the David Glass Ensemble
- A selection of pieces from the scores for 'The Chimp that Spoke', 'Off the Wall', 'Disembodied' and 'The Lost Child Trilogy'
- Anon
- Settings of anonymous lyrics with vocals by Kevin Walton
- The Moon behind the clouds
- A song cycle with vocals by Barb Jungr & Lyrics by Tania Unsworth
- Sleep
- Based on lullabies with vocals by Kevin Walton. Choreographed by Tom Sapsford for The Royal Ballet, 2002 All CDs have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3