Richard Barnard

Composer

Described as an “original voice” by Roxanna Panufnik, Richard Barnard is an international award-winning British composer. He won the 2023 Finzi International Composition Competition and his music has been shortlisted for the 2023 VOCES8 Composition Competition and the 2024 International Tapiola Choir Composition Competition. His music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and is regularly commissioned and performed by some of the world’s leading musicians including the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Gesualdo Six, Matilda Lloyd, and Helen Charlston. Alongside his choral music published by White Light Publishing, Richard composes song cycles, operas, instrumental works, and pieces for combinations of professional and community groups.