Matthew Hindson (b. 1968) studied composition at the University of Sydney and at the University of Melbourne with composers including Peter Sculthorpe, Eric Gross, Brenton Broadstock and Ross Edwards. He is one of the most–performed and most–commissioned composers of his generation. Hindson's works have been performed by ensembles and orchestras throughout his native Australia, including most of its professional symphony orchestras and chamber groups. Overseas, his compositions have been presented throughout the Asia–Pacific, Europe and the US, and have been featured at such key events as the 1994 and 2000 Gaudeamus Music Weeks in Amsterdam, the 1997 ISCM Festival in Copenhagen and the 1998 Paris Composers Rostrum. His music often displays influences of popular music styles within a classical music context, and, as a result, musical elements such as driving repeated rhythms and loud dynamic levels are typically found in his works. Indeed, directness and immediacy are common features in the much of his music. In 1999 Hindson was the attached composer to the Sydney Symphony. He was also the attached composer with the Sydney Youth Orchestra in the same year. In 2002 he was the featured composer with Musica Viva Australia for whom he wrote a number of new commissions. In September 2003, Hindson was a featured composer at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival in Wales, during which fourteen of his works were performed by a variety of ensembles. He was the attached composer to The Queensland Orchestra in 2003/2004. Hindson’s music has been extensively used for dance. In May 2002, the Sydney Dance Company toured Australia to much acclaim with a new 90–minute production, Ellipse, choreographed by their Artistic Director, Graeme Murphy, and danced entirely to Hindson's music. Playing to packed houses it broke box–office records for the SDC. They toured it to the USA in 2004. In addition, his music was set to a full–evening dance presentation by Ballett Schindowski in Germany, in January 2004. More recently, Hindson’s music was used by the San Francisco Ballet (2007). Hindson’s music is published by Faber Music Ltd (UK). A disc of three of his orchestral pieces has been recorded by Trust Records with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for future release. As well as working as a composer, Hindson lectures in the Arts Music Unit of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has recently co–authored a book entitled Music Composition Toolbox, published by Science Press. Hindson is the artistic director of the Aurora Festival, a new festival of contemporary music based in Western Sydney which premiered in April 2006. Hindson is a represented composer of the Australian Music Centre. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Matthew+Hindson">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.