Composer · 1934 - 1996
Alan Ridout
Biography
Alan Ridout (1934–1996) was a British composer and teacher. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal College of Music, where his composition teachers included Herbert Howells and Gordon Jacob. He also studied with Michael Tippett and Henk Badings.
His extensive catalogue includes orchestral, choral, organ and chamber music, with a particular interest in wind instruments. He taught at institutions including the Royal College of Music and The King’s School in Canterbury. His Farndale Dances for solo piccolo, composed in 1992, are recorded by Debora Rosti on Debora’s Canary.