Ben Lunn

Composer, Conductor, Curator

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Ben Lunn, ANNA MARRA MISSA

An exciting new setting of William Martin’s visionary verse premieres next week

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Sunderland-born composer performs in home city next month

A Sunderland-born composer is returning to the region to perform a “love letter” to his home city next month.

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A nice moment from my current trip in Kazakhstan, caught by Pete Sparkes Its been a wonderful journey here and just simply incredible to think we are all doing something truly unique for Central Asia Can't wait to share more things here

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A Good Company of Musick: Royal Northern Sinfonia with Ben Lunn | Sunderland Culture

Book tickets for A Good Company of Musick: Royal Northern Sinfonia with Ben Lunn , a musical performance, at Arts Centre Washington, Washing

Looking forward to this wonderful concert I am leading in June, which includes the premiere of my new work ANNA MARRA MISSA with the wonderful Rosalind Dobson performing alongside me marras the Royal Northern Sinfonia

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It was a lot of fun speaking at Marx Memorial Library about the life and work of Alan Bush Its also nice to have these fun snapshots of me, including next to the man of the hour frozen during was his piano preludes! Photo Credit: Karl Weiss

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I am really excited to be work with Sunderland Music City to share my experiences as a composer from the city! You can find out more here: https://purchase.musiccity.uk/ChooseSeats/2001

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Solidarity with Palestine and with Kneecap!

The Irish band's solidarity with Palestine is not only to be commended but should be a benchmark we measure other artists on, argues Ben Lun

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It is wonderful my little trio from 2018, is featured in this wonderful concert with London Sinfonietta! You can find out more about Sound Out! here: https://londonsinfonietta.org.uk/channel/video/sound-out-2025 And you can hear the original rendition of my Haiku, played by NAMES here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FdZI2N1tk&pp=ygUOYmVuIGx1bm4gaGFpa3U%3D

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Classical Music in China, through the eyes of five composers: Online talk by Dr Ben Lunn - Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU)

Classical music in China has gone through a fascinating process of evolution which followed the shape of the society and its continuous chan

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Music in the face of Femicide 

BEN LUNN speaks to Mexican composer Jimena Maldonado about her work for vibraphone and voice, Repeat Their Names

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New seeds of protest

BEN LUNN reports from a new music festival in New York, and singles out a breathtaking composition that protests directly against femicide i

It was good to reflect on my time in New York for Mise-En Festival, and always good to write in the People's daily The Morning Star