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- Died
- 1820
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Richard Barrett was born in Swansea in 1959. He studied composition with Peter Wiegold. In 1984 he went to Darmstadt Summer Courses to attend the lectures of Brian Ferneyhough and Hans-Joachim Hespos. He has received numerous prizes for his compositional output including: Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (1986), Gaudeamusprijs (1989, for the string quartet I open and close) British Composer Award for chamber music (2003, for the string quartet 13 selfportraits) <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Barrett
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Swansea
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Royal Conservatory of The Hague
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Richard Barrett in June 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1959-11-07
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