Alex Hills
Born: 1974, Cambridge, England
Nationality: English
Alex Hills is an English composer of contemporary classical music. He was born in Cambridge.
He studied composition with Michael Finnissy at the Royal Academy of Music and completed his doctorate with Brian Ferneyhough at Stanford University. Additional influences include Stefan Wolpe, Iannis Xenakis as well as bands such as The Shaggs and the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
A number of his works have been based on Renaissance isorhythmic techniques such as the nonet Ficta .
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