Composer · b. 1989
Scott Lygate
Biography
Scott Lygate (born 1989) is a Scottish composer and clarinettist from Irvine, Ayrshire, with a particular interest in the bass and contrabass clarinets. He studied at the Junior Department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the universities of music in Vienna and Graz.
His work as a performer spans contemporary classical music, orchestral playing, film recordings, jazz and funk. He has appeared with ensembles including the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Musikfabrik and Klangforum Wien, and as a soloist with the London Mozart Players. His compositions frequently draw on the expressive and technical possibilities of his instruments. Sand sculptures, his suite for clarinet or bass clarinet and guitar, is featured on Enantiosemie.