Luke Bedford (born 25 April 1978 in Wokingham) is a British composer. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Wokingham is a small town in Berkshire (population 30,403 according to the 2001 census) in the south east of England, close to Reading. ...

He studied composition with Edwin Roxburgh and Simon Bainbridge at the Royal College of Music. This was followed by post-graduate study with Simon Bainbridge at the Royal Academy of Music. Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937) is a British composer. ... Simon Bainbridge (born 1952 in London) is a British composer and professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and the University of Louisville, Kentucky in the United States. ... The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The front facade of the RCM The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London. ... The Royal Academy of Music is a music school in London, England and one of the leading music institutions in the world. ...

He was awarded the 2000 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, and the 2004 BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the British Composer Awards. The Royal Philharmonic Society is a British music society, formed in 1813. ... BBC Radio 3 is a domestic UK BBC radio station, which devotes most of its schedule to classical music. ...

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Guardian newspaper conversation between George Benjamin and Luke Bedford