“An absolutely brilliant composition” — Nicholas Daniel “Unabashedly expressive ideas with a sure sense of narrative, pace and structure” — The Musical Opinion “A well-written piece, idiomatically conceived, and both carefully and intelligently structured” — Huw Watkins “One of our future musical entrepreneurs” — Alison Cox OBE “Wonderful touches and a very satisfying shape” — London Sinfonietta “An impressive piece, compositionally coherent and genuine idiomatic writing” — Dr Robert Saxton “The very best of new music” — York Late Music Festival

Edward Tait

Composer • Pianist • Conductor

Biography

Edward Tait is a British composer, studying at the Royal Academy of Music, with Gareth Moorcraft and Louise Drewett. His music has been performed across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States, at venues including the Royal Festival Hall, St John’s Smith Square and Westminster Abbey. He has also received performances by renowned ensembles like the London Sinfonietta, Carducci Quartet, Orion Orchestra and Lloyd’s Choir, and won the NCEM Young Composer Award in 2026.

Edward is the artistic director of the MetroLand Music Festival, and he is currently composing a song cycle, based on original texts by Mollie Mardel.

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