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Oscar Bettison is a composer of visceral, uncompromising, and immersive music that has been described by radio host and music writer John Schaefer as having a “menacing beauty.”
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An unconventional lyricism and a menacing beauty
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Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017
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Commissions include Los Angeles Philharmonic, MusikFabrik, So Percussion, Ensemble Klang, Bang on a Can All Stars, London Sinfonietta,the BBC, Oregon Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, and New World Symphony
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Writes for existing instruments with creative and re-imagined roles, as well as "Cinderella" instruments (invented instruments made from found materials)
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Composition Faculty at Peabody Institute since 2009
Oscar Bettison’s On the slow weather of dreams Premieres with Asko|Schönberg and Ensemble Klang
Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble. Photo credit: Tom ten Seldam
Sep. 4, 7pm - Gaudeamus Festival // TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
Sep. 12, 8:15pm - Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
Sep. 20, 8pm - Musica Festival, Strasbourg
Nov. 13, 8:45pm - November Music //Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch
Nov. 24, 8:45pm - Amare // Den Haag, Netherlands
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[Latest Project] Watch behind the scenes video
The Light of Lesser Days
Oscar Bettison’s opera The Light of Lesser Days premieres with soprano Katrien Baerts, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj, Asko|Schoenberg, and conductor Clark Rundell on September 9 in Utrecht. The opera also premieres in Amsterdam, September 16.