Matthew Kaner

Matthew Kaner (born 1986) is a British composer. His work has been performed by various orchestras and ensembles including the BBC Singers, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Sinfonetta at music venues such as the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, the Purcell Room, LSO St. Luke’s, the Seiji Ozawa Hall, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square and Snape Maltings.
In 2016, he was the BBC Radio 3 embedded composer in residence for its 70th anniversary in which he composed 14 pieces which were repeatedly broadcast on the station.
Education.
Kaner studied at King's College London before pursuing postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Julian Anderson, where he now works as a professor of composition.
Career.
In 2012, Kaner was the Margaret Lee Crofts Fellow in composition at Tanglewood where he had the opportunity to work with composers like George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen and Michael Gandolfi. In the following year, he received the Royal Philharmonic Society composition prize. Kaner was commissioned afterwards to write for the Philharmonia Music of Today series which was premiered by members of the Philharmonia in the Royal Festival Hall in 2014. During his time as composer-in-association with the Workers' Union, he wrote the piece "Organum" as part of the Performing Rights Society (PRS) Music Foundation's Constructing a Repertoire project.