14 Facts About Anna Meredith

Anna Howard Meredith was born on 12 January 1978 and is a Scottish composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music.

In 2016, Meredith released her debut studio album, Varmints, to widespread critical acclaim.

Anna Meredith was born in Tufnell Park, North London and moved to South Queensferry, Scotland at the age of two.

Anna Meredith read for a degree in music at University of York, where she was awarded first class honours, and gained her master's degree from the Royal College of Music.

Anna Meredith first came to widespread public attention through her work froms created for the 2008 BBC Last Night of the Proms which was broadcast to 40 million people.

Anna Meredith has since written another BBC Prom commission, her first opera and collaborated with the beatboxer Shlomo, writing the Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra.

Anna Meredith has been a judge for BBC Young Musician of the Year, a mentor to Goldie for the TV show Classical Goldie and is a frequent guest and commentator for the BBC Proms and other BBC Radio 3 and 4 shows.

Anna Meredith was the classical music nominee for the 2009 Times Breakthrough Award and won the 2010 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers.

Anna Meredith's pieces include Four Tributes to 4am for orchestra, electronics and visuals by Eleanor Anna Meredith, and HandsFree, a PRS NewMusic20x12 Commission for the National Youth Orchestra, which received warm reviews after being performed as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Anna Meredith has moved into electronic music, which she has performed throughout Europe alongside a diverse range of artists including supporting These New Puritans in Berlin, James Blake, Seb Rochford and Max de Wardener at Ether 2011 and a solo set at La Carriere de Normandoux.

In 2012 Anna Meredith released her debut EP Black Prince Fury, on Moshi Moshi Records, which a reviewer compared favourably to the work of the avant-garde jazz composer Moondog.

Anna Meredith featured in the First Night of the 2018 Proms with a new collaboration, Five Telegrams, with 59 Productions.

Anna Meredith produced the soundtrack for the 2018 film Eighth Grade.

Anna Meredith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to music.