Mark Simpson
British composer and clarinettist from Liverpool; BBC Young Musician of the Year 2006 and former BBC Philharmonic Composer in Association.
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Oct 14, 2026
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Gavin and I first met probably about 25 years ago in a masterclass, a composition masterclass in Chet's.
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And Mark Anthony Turnage was given the masterclass and I just started to really take composition seriously.
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And I remember seeing Gavin's work and meeting him and thinking, okay, this is You know, this is someone to take seriously.
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Later on down the line, we both ended up studying with the same composition teacher at the same time.
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