Param Vir Param Vir London Delhi-born composer Param Vir is a leading figure in contemporary music. Based in London, his output encompasses works in several genres that include chamber music, symphonic works and opera / music-theatre. His works have been performed by major ensembles, orchestras and opera houses, and presented at several international festivals. He is supported by the PRS Foundation for Music. The last few seasons have seen the premieres of several major works, including a full-length opera Black Feather Rising, a choral work He Begins His Great Trance for the BBC Singers, A Spread of Dreams for the Orchestra of the Swan, two works for cellist Rohan de Saram and a work for the BCMG and Darbar Asian Arts Heritage. His work is inspired by varied sources drawn from world mythology, art and literature. Groups that have performed or given premieres of Vir’s works include The Netherlands Opera, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, Schoenberg Ensemble, Fulcrum Point (Chicago), Scottish Opera, Music Theatre Wales and Ensemble Modern. Recent premieres include A Cave of Luminous Mind for the 2013 BBC Proms and RAGA FIELDS for BCMG, Fulcrum Point and Klangforum Wien, which has seen performances at Birmingham, Chicago, Cologne, Vienna and Amsterdam. A London premiere followed at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia on 15 October 2015. New works just finished: We Want To Live In #Peace, inspired by the Syrian refugee crisis, and A Kinsman to Danger, song cycle for Baritone and Piano, settings of poems by Sri Aurobindo. Two CDs of his work have been released, including the album 'Wheeling Past the Stars' by the NMC label in 2021. In 2024 the contemporary music label Meteor released the beautifully designed double CD album of his first two operas 'Snatched by the Gods' and 'Broken Strings' in a BBC recording with the London Sinfonietta conducted by Markus Stenz. The BCMG has played and recorded several of his large-ensemble works, notably 'Hayagriva' and 'A Spread of Dreams'. Param Vir’s tracks Raga Fields_with Klangforum Wien, cond. by Enno Poppe with Soumik Datta (sarod) by Param Vir published on 2019-05-29T13:47:02Z Uroborus - From Theatre of Magical Beings (Schoenberg Ensemble) by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T16:07:21Z Ratri - Performed by Thalia Meyers, Piano by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T15:32:31Z Broken Strings - Extract by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T14:04:54Z Horse Tooth White Rock movt. 2, Gelders orchestra/M. Hamel by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T13:59:54Z ...beyond the reach of the world... - Alpesh Chauhan (Cello), Delia Stevens (Percussion) by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T13:51:21Z ABLAZE! Christiane Iven And Burkhard Kehring Hamburg 2015 by Param Vir published on 2017-02-20T20:21:01Z Raga Fields: Space III by Param Vir published on 2017-02-20T18:19:12Z PARAM VIR - Wheeling Past the Stars.mp3 by Param Vir published on 2017-02-20T17:58:39Z
Raga Fields_with Klangforum Wien, cond. by Enno Poppe with Soumik Datta (sarod) by Param Vir published on 2019-05-29T13:47:02Z
Uroborus - From Theatre of Magical Beings (Schoenberg Ensemble) by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T16:07:21Z
Horse Tooth White Rock movt. 2, Gelders orchestra/M. Hamel by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T13:59:54Z
...beyond the reach of the world... - Alpesh Chauhan (Cello), Delia Stevens (Percussion) by Param Vir published on 2017-02-21T13:51:21Z
ABLAZE! Christiane Iven And Burkhard Kehring Hamburg 2015 by Param Vir published on 2017-02-20T20:21:01Z
