Richard Blackford was born in London in 1954. And he studied composition with John Lambert and conducted at the Royal College of Music, then with Hans Werner Henze in Rome. During studying in Italia, he was hailed by the Italian press as "the brightest new star in the constellation of the European avant-garde." On returning to London in 1977, he established the music theatre department at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. While at the same time continuing his work on the opera 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.' During the 1980s, Blackford became increasingly involved in theatre and television. He composed incidental music for plays and a number of scores for television dramas and documentaries. And, He is the recipient of several awards, including the Houston Film Festival (First Prize), the Royal Television Society Award, the Mendelssohn Scholarship, and the Tagore Gold Medal. In his works, he has composed in virtually every genre; ballet, opera, orchestr...
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