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	'''Param Vir''' is a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] composer originally from [[India]].		'''Param Vir''' is a British composer originally from [[India]].

	Born in [[Delhi]] into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a [[Catholic school\|Roman Catholic secondary school]] and had informal lessons from composer [[Hans-Joachim Koellreutter]], then resident in India.<ref name=novello>{{cite web\|title=Param Vir\|url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Param-Vir\|publisher=Novello & Co, London\|year=\|language=\|accessdate=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=hkw>{{cite web\|title=RASALÎLA – Spiel der Gefühle\|url=http://archiv.hkw.de/de/virtuelles_hkw/dossiers/NeueMusik/kapitel8.html\|publisher=Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin\|year=2003\|language=German\|accessdate=25 August 2013}}</ref> With no prospects as a composer in India, he read history and philosophy at [[Delhi University]], but returned to music on graduation in 1974 as a teacher.<ref name=hkw/> From 1983 Vir studied composition at [[Dartington International Summer School\|Dartington]] with [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] and at [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] with [[Oliver Knussen]].<ref name=novello/><ref name=hkw/> In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow at [[Tanglewood]]. The following year he was a featured composer in the Festival of India in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vir, Param\|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/46314\|publisher=Malcolm Miller. "Vir, Param." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 11 Jan. 2016\|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>		Born in [[Delhi]] into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a [[Catholic school\|Roman Catholic secondary school]] and had informal lessons from composer [[Hans-Joachim Koellreutter]], then resident in India.<ref name=novello>{{cite web\|title=Param Vir\|url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Param-Vir\|publisher=Novello & Co, London\|year=\|language=\|accessdate=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=hkw>{{cite web\|title=RASALÎLA – Spiel der Gefühle\|url=http://archiv.hkw.de/de/virtuelles_hkw/dossiers/NeueMusik/kapitel8.html\|publisher=Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin\|year=2003\|language=German\|accessdate=25 August 2013}}</ref> With no prospects as a composer in India, he read history and philosophy at [[Delhi University]], but returned to music on graduation in 1974 as a teacher.<ref name=hkw/> From 1983 Vir studied composition at [[Dartington International Summer School\|Dartington]] with [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] and at [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] with [[Oliver Knussen]].<ref name=novello/><ref name=hkw/> In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow at [[Tanglewood]]. The following year he was a featured composer in the Festival of India in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vir, Param\|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/46314\|publisher=Malcolm Miller. "Vir, Param." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 11 Jan. 2016\|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>
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	==Selected recordings==		==Selected recordings==
	* ''White Light Chorale'' – Metronome METCD1053		* ''White Light Chorale'' – Metronome METCD1053
	*Video extracts on the Param Vir official website		*Video extracts on the Param Vir official website

	==References==		==References==

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'''Param Vir''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] composer originally from [[India]].

Born in [[Delhi]] into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a [[Catholic school|Roman Catholic secondary school]] and had informal lessons from composer [[Hans-Joachim Koellreutter]], then resident in India.<ref name=novello>{{cite web|title=Param Vir|url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Param-Vir|publisher=Novello & Co, London|year=|language=|accessdate=25 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=hkw>{{cite web|title=RASALÎLA – Spiel der Gefühle|url=http://archiv.hkw.de/de/virtuelles_hkw/dossiers/NeueMusik/kapitel8.html|publisher=Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin|year=2003|language=German|accessdate=25 August 2013}}</ref> With no prospects as a composer in India, he read history and philosophy at [[Delhi University]], but returned to music on graduation in 1974 as a teacher.<ref name=hkw/> From 1983 Vir studied composition at [[Dartington International Summer School|Dartington]] with [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] and at [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] with [[Oliver Knussen]].<ref name=novello/><ref name=hkw/> In 1986 Vir was a composition fellow at [[Tanglewood]]. The following year he was a featured composer in the Festival of India in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vir, Param|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/46314|publisher=Malcolm Miller. "Vir, Param." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 11 Jan. 2016|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>

==Career highlights==
* 1983 – attended [[Dartington International Summer School]] on a scholarship.
* 1984 – moved to London to study with [[Oliver Knussen]].
* 1987 – awarded Benjamin Britten Composition Prize.
* 1993 – Pierre Audi production of ''Broken Strings'' wins [[Ernst von Siemens Music Prize]] for young composers (Munich).
* 2003 – first full production of ''ION'' tours Europe.
* 2005 – ''Horse Tooth White Rock'' performed at the BBC Proms.
* 2005 – ''Hayagriva'' commissioned and premiered by the Schoenberg Ensemble in Amsterdam
* 2006 – ''Between Earth and Sky'', inspired by Anish Kapoor's ''Cloud Gate'', premiered by the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] in London
*2008 – ''He Begins His Great Trance'' for the BBC Singers; ''Black Feather Rising'' for Stichting Octopus
*2010 – ''Constellations'' for the BCMG performed at the Barbican
*2013 – BBC Proms Commission ''Cave of Luminous Mind''
*2014 – ''Raga Fields'' – co-commission from Klangforum Wien, Fulcrum Point Chicago, the BCMG
*2017 – international tour of ''A Kinsman to Danger''
*2020 – awarded PRS Composer Award for portrait CD on NMC

==Selected works==
===Stage works===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Premiere
! Title
! class=unsortable|Description
! class=unsortable|Libretto and source
|-
| {{Hs|19920511a}}11 May 1992, [[De Nederlandse Opera]], Amsterdam
| ''Snatched by the Gods''
| Opera in one act, 55'
| [[William Radice]], after the poem ''Debatar Gras'' by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
|-
| {{Hs|19920511b}}11 May 1992, [[De Nederlandse Opera]], Amsterdam
| ''Broken Strings''
| Opera in one act, 60'. (revised 1995)
| [[David Rudkin]], after an ancient Buddhist tale ''Guttil Jatak''
|-
| {{Hs|20000609}}09 Jun 2000, [[Aldeburgh Festival]]/ [[Almeida Theatre|Almeida Opera]]
| ''ION''
| Opera in 4 scenes with Prologue, 120'
| [[David Lan]], after [[Euripides]]
|-
| {{Hs|20081024}}24 Oct 2008, De Toneelschuur, Haarlem
| ''Black Feather Rising''
| Music Theatre for 2 Singers and 6 Instrumentalists, 90'
| [[David Rudkin]], after folklore collection ''Healers on the Mountain'' by [[Teresa Pijoan]]
|-
|}

===Other===
* ''Before Krishna'' (1987; string orchestra)
* ''Horse Tooth White Rock'' (1994; orchestra)
* ''Ultimate Words: Infinite Song'' (1997; baritone, six percussion, piano)
* ''The Theatre of Magical Beings'' (2003; large ensemble)
* ''Hayagriva'' (2005; large ensemble)
* ''Between Earth and Sky'' (2006; orchestra)
* ''Cave of Luminous Mind'' (2013; orchestra) BBC commission for 2013 Proms
*''ABLAZE!'' (2014, soprano, piano)
*[https://paramvir.net/works/raga-fields/ Raga Fields] (2014, sarod, mixed ensemble)
*''Drum of the Deathless'' (2017, percussion quintet or percussion duo)
*''A Kinsman to Danger'' (2017, baritone, piano)

==Selected recordings==
* ''White Light Chorale'' – Metronome METCD1053
*Video extracts on the Param Vir official website

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.paramvir.net/ Param Vir] official website
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=1644 Param Vir's homepage at Chester Music]

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